Compulsory treatment of drug use in Southeast Asian countries

Several Southeast Asian countries have implemented compulsory drug detention centres in which people who use or are suspected of using drugs, mainly amphetamine-type stimulants, are confined without their consent and in most cases without due process and clinical evaluation of their substance use disorder.Given these facilities ’ lack of access to evidence-based drug dependence treatment, and the human rights implications of peoples’ arbitrary detention under the pretext of “treatment”, international organizations have called for their closure.

Source: International Journal of Drug Policy - July 2, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Karsten Lunze, Olivier Lermet, Vladanka Andreeva, Fabienne Hariga Tags: Research paper Source Type: research