Pompidou Group. (2020) Human rights and people who use drugs in the Mediterranean region: current situation in 17 MedNET countries. Strasbourg: Council of Europe.
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Human rights approach for people who use drugs should concern every single dimension related to drug use:
► Health approach at the policy level: drug use must be considered rightly as a medical condition to be taken care of by qualified health professionals;
► Treatment must be available, accessible, affordable and science-based, with the best practices;
► Prevention must be based on science, facts and best practices;
► Data collection must be considered as a part of the right to access information for the community and the professionals;
► Rehabilitation and social reintegration must be provided;
► Access to treatment and care for specific populations must be available: people who use drugs in prisons, sex workers, pregnant women, migrants, refugees, elderly, etc.;
► Fight against stigma and raising awareness in the society as a whole is needed;
► The adaptation of the law to the human rights approach especially for minors and non-trafficking users;
► Promoting the right of people who use drugs to create their own NGOs and self-help groups;
► Promoting the right to access treatment for all the consequences of drug use;
► Promoting every strategy aiming at reducing the health, economic, social and legal consequences of drug use.
L Social psychology and related concepts > Legal availability or accessibility
MM-MO Crime and law > Legal rights > Civil / human rights
MM-MO Crime and law > Legal rights > Rights of persons who use substances (users)
MP-MR Policy, planning, economics, work and social services > Policy > Policy on substance use > Harm reduction policy
T Demographic characteristics > Person who injects drugs (Intravenous / injecting)
VA Geographic area > Europe
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