Key role of substitution in drug treatment

Drugs in focus is the title of a new series of bimonthly policy briefings from the EMCDDA, launched in January 2002. The four-page briefings are designed to offer policy-makers the latest findings on key issues in the drugs field and to inform the decision-making process in this domain. Each edition includes a brief introduction to the theme at hand, key policy issues at a glance, graphs/tables, policy considerations, web information and further reading. Issue No 1 focuses on the 'Key role of substitution in drug treatment'. Other topics to be covered in 2002 include drug users and the law in the EU and injecting drug use and risk behaviour.