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Study: Mandatory treatment not effective at reducing drug use, violates human rights
... "In an analysis recently published in BMJ, which
coincided with the UN High Level Meeting on HIV in New York, Boston
Medical Center (BMC) clinician researchers assessed current global
evidence and found that mandatory treatment for people with substance
use disorders is not effective in reducing their drug use. In addition,
mandatory treatment, which is defined as treatment ordered, motivated or
supervised under the criminal justice system, done without a patient's
informed consent violates their human rights and does more harm than
benefit to the patient."...
... "The evidence presented in this article provides additional
argumentation supporting the position of all UN organizations that
mandatory treatment settings do not represent a favorable or effective
environment for the treatment of drug dependence," said Fabienne Hariga,
MD, MPH, senior adviser to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
during the recent meeting in New York. "The United Nations therefore
calls on States to transition from mandatory drug treatment and
implement voluntary, evidence-informed and rights-based health and
social services in the community.''...
