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National Society Activities in Drug Policy by Country and Type of Activity
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National Society
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Activity
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Prevention/Information
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Treatment/Rehabilitation
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Reduction of Drug Related Harm
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Albania
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Youth Peer Education, including drug prevention in schools and universities
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Armenia
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Bulgaria
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Health Promotion and Education programmes on drug use and HIV/AIDS
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Needle exchange and condom distribution among the drug using population
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Croatia
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Forums for Prevention and workshops on drug use and blood borne diseases
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Counselling centres which include psychological support
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Needle exchange and condom distribution among the drug using population
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* Czech Republic
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Local youth programmes focusing on drug users outreach, change of risky behaviours. Studies on how the youth spends its free time.
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Crisis Centre in Prague that provides basic treatment services for drug users.
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Estonia
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Disco nights are organized for young people where information is distribute on drug use and HIV-AIDS
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* Finland
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The Drug and Alcohol programme includes prevention work and early intervention. Volunteers act as counsellors in schools and various networks in their own expertise.
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France
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Prevention programmes aimed at the youth (in schools and outside schools) but also at the general population and prison inmates.
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Needle exchange programmes and outreach activities
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Great Britain
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Community Based First Aid project aimed at reducing the vulnerability of injecting drug users through both first aid skills and provision of Naloxone
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* Hungary
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HIV prevention programmes
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Italy
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Prevention of drug use in high schools. Hotline for drug-related information. Youth activities
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Voluntary Counselling tests (VCTs), treatment and counselling at Villa Maraini (in-patient centre). The Italian Red Cross also provides services for users in prisons
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Clean needle distribution and condoms distribution; HIV prevention and information for IDUS, including mobile outreach units
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Latvia
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Past experience on clean needle distribution. Condoms distribution; HIV prevention and information among IDUS
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Lithuania
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Prevention programmes based on peer to peer approach, prevention on drug use and HIV-AIDS
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Macedonia
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- Youth peer education
- Counselling and education of drug users about the consequences of high-risk behaviour and overdose prevention
- Publishing of drug-related informational and educational material
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- Basic medical services for drug users
- Voluntary counselling for HIV, blood borne diseases and STI and referral and assistance
- Psychological support for drug users and their families
- Assistance in obtaining social or health insurance
- Legal counselling
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- Drop-in centres with needle exchange and condom distribution program
- Outreach activities
- Collection of non-sterile drug injecting equipment from public places
- Facilitating local capacity building for drug prevention and harm reduction programmes (workshops with relevant institutions and stakeholders )
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Montenegro
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Youth Peer Education workshops
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Portugal
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Universal school
prevention programme
(national range);
specific prevention
projects;
risk reduction in
recreational events.
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In-patient centre;
job research
support and
professional
training courses.
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Needle exchange
programmes;
outreach activities
(street units).
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Romania
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The NS is in the process of setting up a Harm Reduction programme – prevention of infection through used needles. The project was designed in partnership with one NGO specialised in drug abuse “ALIAT” and with National Antidrug Agency
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Serbia
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Specific prevention and condom distribution
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Slovenia
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Prevention and information on healthy lifestyles aimed at the general public
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Spain
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Workshops for sex workers and IDUs, Youth education, health education programmes, prevention of HIV/AIDS for immigrant population, edition of manuals for prevention, HIV/AIDS care & prevention
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Basic services provided to the ones in need, including drug victims
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Wide array of harm reduction programmes, distribution of clean needles, ecstasy testing pills in outreach centres and mobile units
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