Drug abuse trends in 1998 2003

(ii) Issues related to treatment of foreign patients

85. Targets 29 to 33 and 35 deal with treatment and rehabilitation issues, while target 34 deals with care for drug addicted offenders within the criminal justice and prison system.

Apart from methodological issues, there are also issues concerning the goals of treatment.

(d) Formation and training of teams of therapists within the prison system of Costa Rica to deal with the treatment and rehabilitation of sex offenders and with victim support

Summary of the discussions of the round table on treatment, care and support

Therapeutic cloning should be dealt with at the national level.

15. Gene therapy, for which patients sometimes require care for long periods, also raises a problem.

I can look at my constipation, how to manage it.

It s not so much psychological, it s vascular, and nicotine makes your arteries constrict.

And so this informs, among other things, of course, a treatment for bone marrow transplant, which he undertakes.

In Pakistan, for example, of all those who received treatment for their drug problems in 2003, more than two thirds received treatment for the first time.

440. Health problems affect roughly 40 per cent of school students. However, most of these problems can be eliminated by various forms of corrective treatment.

The Government had set up rehabilitation and treatment centres for drug addicts.

The comparison between the effectiveness of compulsory and voluntary treatment has been the subject of several evaluation studies and is still a matter of sometimes bitter debate.

This is a world changing problem with huge implications for our ability to understand and treat disease.

The question of rehabilitation of the perpetrators is a very complex one, especially in view of the high cost of treatment of sex offenders.

In the field of treatment and rehabilitation, the publication Substance Abuse Treatment and Care for Women Case Studies and Lessons Learned was disseminated, as part of the drug abuse treatment toolkit series.

10. Notes the cooperative efforts of some Non Self Governing Territories to address the problem of illegal drugs, with a focus on demand reduction, education, treatment and legal issues

The round table on treatment, care and support emphasized that we must urgently expand treatment programmes in order that they may benefit the largest possible number of people.

Specialist guidance and therapy for families with the problem of drinking or taking drugs (AIDS)

With regard to alcoholism, over the same period there has been an increase in the number of initial treatment cases (by 8 per cent).

10. Notes the cooperative efforts of some Non Self Governing Territories to address the problem of illegal drugs, with a focus on demand reduction, education, treatment and legal issues

Comparing the number of people receiving treatment for drug abuse (see figure V) with the number receiving treatment for the first time (see figure VI) provides an indication of more recent or emerging trends in drug problems.

The average age of patients treated primarily for problems involving cannabis is generally lower (17 18 years) than it is for other substances, cocaine in particular.

In Australia, the trend in the number of people receiving treatment for drug problems has been on the increase over the past few years.

And the problem with this cure was it was very expensive, and it was very complicated to use.

Each State should, however, reach its own national consensus on whether to permit or prohibit therapeutic cloning.

93. Demand reduction programmes and treatment support for prisoners with drug related problems are not commonly available.

She is treated with surgery, chemotherapy and radiation.

In that regard, my Government has adopted a new malaria treatment policy to overcome the problem of drug resistance.

4.3 With regard to the author apos s eye treatment, the State party provides the following chronology

If it is not treated during pregnancy or if the treatment is inadequate, the syphilis could result in the death of the fetus or leave the baby with sequel, such as deafness, neurological problems or poor bone formation, among others.

The World Federation of Therapeutic Communities publishes a quarterly news bulletin which acts as a medium for updating World Federation of Therapeutic Communities members and international colleagues throughout 56 countries on research issues, international concerns and United Nations activities.

Such data exclude those drug abusers who are not reported by treatment facilities, those who are admitted to facilities but do not participate in the reporting system, those not admitted to any treatment facility and those who have not yet experienced drug abuse problems.

Differences in the mean age of people in treatment for drug problems is relatively small between the regions (see figure VIII).

4.2 With regard to the author apos s claim that he was denied access to medical treatment, the State party indicated that it had requested the Department of Corrections to investigate the matter.

With the exception of cocaine and sedatives, those seeking treatment for drug abuse problems are getting younger.

Treatment, rehabilitation and social reintegration of former drug abusers have received even less attention.

36. Abortion prevention and the treatment of complications resulting from abortion is a sensitive issue in most countries.

Treatment Programme ITHACA of the Treatment Centre for Addicted People.

31. Medical and treatment services

The rectification works would involve the advertisements with the problems of vulgar contents, low grade and low moral quality, as well as the medical and health programs with the problem of broadcasting without record management and authorization.

The issue of quality also involved an ethical dimension in the provision of health services.

In the new member States of the European Union, the demand for treatment of problems involving cocaine use remains low.