Drugs

UN urges improved treatments for drug addicts

BANGKOK, 24 June 2010 (IRIN) – The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is urging Asian governments – which have been criticized for using “fear-based tactics” and prison-like compulsory centres to fight drug abuse – to improve and expand treatment for its addicts.
UNODC regional representative Gary Lewis said drug therapy must be made available [...]

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