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Policy and practice briefings

Policy and practice briefings: women with drug problems

October 2017

Women make up approximately a quarter of all people with serious drug problems and around one-fifth of all entrants to drug treatment in Europe. This policy and practice briefing provides an overview of the key issues, response options, evidence and implications for policy and practice.

Policy and practice briefings

Policy and practice briefings: Older people with problematic opioid use

October 2017

People over the age of 40 make up an increasing share of those with an opioid problem in Europe. This is reflected in the increasing age of those in drug treatment and those dying of opioid overdoses. This policy and practice briefing provides an overview of the key issues, response options,...

Policy and practice briefings

Policy and practice briefings: Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers

October 2017

Europe has a long history of migration and the diversity of its ethnicities and religions creates complex links between ethnicity and drug use. More recently, following a high level of conflicts in the Middle East and Africa, more than 1.4 million people applied for asylum in the European Union in...

Policy and practice briefings

Policy and practice briefings: Vulnerable young people

October 2017

Many young people experiment with drugs but only a minority become dependent on drugs in young adulthood. Those who are most vulnerable to drug dependence are socially disadvantaged young people and those having family members and peers who use drugs. Individual factors, such as poor impulse...

Policy and practice briefings

Policy and practice briefings: Adult family members of people with drug problems

October 2017

There are different ways in which families of people who use drugs may be affected and may affect the drug use of their family member. Some are positive and some are negative. This section focuses on the problems experienced by adult family members of people who have drug problems and the potential...
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