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Drug Abuse and Addiction Unit

The mission of the public health officer in the area of drug abuse and addiction is mainly to promote the access to adequate therapies for addicted people and control the use of narcotics for therapeutic purpose

Objectives of the therapies

• ameliorate the behaviour of the patients regarding alimentation and hygiene
• thwart the feeling of abandon and "deresponsibilization"
• prevent infectious diseases
•  help the patient in getting away from the drug underworld, reduce or eliminate criminal activities, prostitution
• improve the social and professional reinsertion

The Public Health officer is responsible for

• the delivering of the authorisations for ambulatory opioids maintenance treatments. These treatments are mainly prescribed by  general practitioners
• the treatment assessment
• the continuous training of medical doctors in the field of addictions