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Mandatory addiction treatment for people who use drugs: global health and human rights analysis

Lunze K 1 , Idrisov B 2 , Golichenko M 3 , Kamarulzaman A 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA karsten.lunze@post.harvard.edu
  • 2 Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
  • 3 Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 4 University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
BMJ, 2016 Jun 09;353:i2943.
PMID: 27284009 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i2943

Abstract

Global evidence indicates that mandated treatment of drug dependence conflicts with drug users’ human rights and is not effective in treating addiction. Karsten Lunze and colleagues argue that drug treatment policies must be evidence based and meet international standards

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