Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Section

Review of National Prevention Systems based on the UNODC/WHO International Standards on Drug Use Prevention

October 2023

English

Cartographie des structures de prise en charge des troubles liés à l’usage des substances dans les pays francophones de l’Afrique de l’Ouest

August 2023

French

Garantía de calidad en el tratamiento de los trastornos asociados al uso de drogas en América Latina y el Caribe - Informe Regional (2020-2021)

August 2023

Spanish

Scientific Poster
Health and justice coordination for increased access to health and social services
for people with drug use disorders in contact with the criminal justice system

June 2023

English

The Role of Law Enforcement Officers in Drug Use Prevention within School Settings – A Guiding Document

May 2023

English

Treatment services for substance use disorders in Latin American countries - Findings from the UNODC-WHO facility survey for field testing

May 2023

English Spanish

Conference room paper: The relationship between quality of specialist treatment for substance use disorders and patient outcomes: A scoping review of the literature

March 2023

English

Conference room paper: Review of interventions to treat drug use disorders among girls and women in the criminal justice system in low- and middle-income countries

March 2023

English

Scientific poster

National school survey on substance use and associated patterns in Senegal, West Africa

November 2022

English

Enquete sur la consommation de drogues et la sante chez les eleves des ecoles secondaires du Senegal

November 2022

French

Establishing and delivering evidence-based, high-quality opioid agonist therapy services - An operational tool for low- and middle-income countries

November 2022

English

Alternatives to conviction or punishment available for people who use drugs and with drug use disorders in contact with the criminal justice system – Draft summary report on available measures based on an analysis of Note Verbale responses by UN Member states to UNODC

September 2022

English

Rapid Assessment of Substance Use and Associated Health and Social Services in Selected Relief and Humanitarian (Refugee) Settings and Situations in Uganda

August 2022

English

Scientific Poster - Substance Use in Humanitarian Settings

August 2022

English

Drug Use Disorder Treatment Services Quality Assurance Toolkit

August 2022

English - this link is password protected; to obtain a link, kindly contact us at unodc-ptrs@un.org

Drug Use Disorder Treatment Systems Quality Assurance Toolkit

August 2022

English - this link is password protected; to obtain a link, kindly contact us at unodc-ptrs@un.org

Brochure on Quality Assurance for Treatment of Drug Use Disorders – for Paris Pact meeting

July 2022

English

Good Practices in Building Police-Public Partnerships, SPMU Publication Series Vol. 4, 2nd Edition, OSCE

June 2022

English

Scientific Poster
Substance Use in Humanitarian Settings

June 2022

English

Summary of the discussions of the informal technical consultation on promoting non-stigmatizing attitudes to ensure the availability of, access to and delivery of health, care and social services for drug users, 14-16 January 2020, Vienna, Austria - As made available as Conference Room Paper E/CN.7/2022/CRP.13 to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs for its information at its sixty-sixth session, 14–18 March 2022, Vienna, Austria

March 2022

English, French, Russian, Spanish

Treatment of Drug Use Disorders and Associated Mental Health Disorders in Prison Settings and Forensic Hospitals

March 2022

English

Comorbidities in drug use disorders
No wrong door

March 2022

English

Parenting in conflict and humanitarian settings

March 2022

English

Supporting children in a crisis situation

March 2022

Ukrainian, Russian, English

Independent Mid-term In-depth Cluster Evaluation of UNODC Work on Drug Disorder Treatment: UNODC-WHO Programme on Drug Dependence Treatment and Care (GLOK32); Prevention of illicit drug use and treatment of drug use disorders for children/adolescents at risk (GLOK42); Treating drug dependence and its health consequences/OFID-UNODC Joint Programme to prevent HIV/AIDS through Treatnet Phase II (GLOJ71)

January 2022

English

Quality assurance in treatment for drug use disorders: key quality standards for service appraisal (pre-publication version)

October 2021

English Spanish (unofficial translation) French (unofficial translation)

Scientific Poster
Feasibility Studies of Treatnet Family With Elements of Family Therapy for Adolescents with Drug Use Disorders and Behavioral Challenges in Resource Limited Settings

October 2021

English

Caring For Your Child In Crisis Situations

October 2021

English

INCB, UNODC and WHO Joint Statement on Access to Controlled Medicines in Emergencies

September 2021

English

Family Skills Programmes - Infographic

June 2021

English

Summary Report: UNODC-WHO Stop-Overdose-Safely (S-O-S) project implementation in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Ukraine

April 2021

English Russian (unofficial translation)

UNODC-WHO Informal Scientific Network (ISN)

Brochure

ISN articles

2023 ISN Statement

2022 ISN Statement & video

2021 ISN Statement & video

Drug Overdose: A Film About Life - Short film showcasing UNODC projects and UNODC/WHO collaboration on overdose prevention

December 2020

English

Final Report
Treatnet Family: A Feasibility Study on Training on Elements of Family Therapy for Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders including those in Contact with the Criminal Justice System in Jakarta, Indonesia

December 2020

English

Scientific Poster

Family UNited: Promising impact in the field from a new universal open-source and free family skills training programme aimed at preventing a broad spectrum of risk behaviors.

October 2020

English

UNODC-WHO Quality Assurance Presentation – Quality in Drug Use Disorder Treatment

October 2020

English

Practical Guidance for risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) for Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Migrants, and Host Communities Particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 Pandemic

July 2020

English

UNODC 2020 World Drug Report - Booklet 5 - Socioeconomic Characteristics and Drug Use Disorders

June 2020

English

Scientific Poster
The UNODC-WHO Stop Overdose Safely (S-O-S) Inititiative

August 2021

English

Scientific Poster
Socioeconomic Inequalities and Drug Use Disorders: Current Knowledge and Future Directions for Research and Action

June 2020

English

UNODC Web Seminar - Drug Dependence Treatment, Care and Rehabilitation - 12 June 2020 - SE ASIA

June 2020

English

Suggestions about treatment, care and rehabilitation of people with drug use disorder in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

March 2020

Arabic Bahasa Dari English (A4) English (Poster) Farsi/Persian French Khmer Laotian Myanmar Pashto Portuguese Russian Serbian Spanish Uzbek

UNODC/WHO International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders

March 2020

Arabic (official translation) English (official translation) French (official translation) Russian (official translation) Sinhala (unofficial translation) Spanish (unofficial translation) Ukrainian (unofficial translation) Serbian (unofficial translation) Montenegrin (unofficial translation) North Macedonian (unofficial translation) Bosnian (unofficial translation) Albanian (unofficial translation) Pashto (unofficial translation)

TREATNET Family Brochure - Elements of family therapy for the treatment of adolescents with drug and other substance use disorders including adolescents in contact with or at risk of contact with the criminal justice system

March 2020

Albanian Arabic Bahasa Bosnian Chinese English French Italian Macedonian Montenegrin Russian Serbian Spanish Ukrainian

Summary table

of evidence-based strategies identified in the UNODC/ WHO International Standards on Drug Use Prevention - Second Updated Edition PRE-PUBLICATION VERSION

December 2019

English

Treatment and Care for People with Drug Use Disorders in Contact with the Criminal Justice System - Alternatives to Conviction or Punishment

October 2019

English Spanish Russian Arabic French

Scientific Poster

UNODC Treatnet Family Intervention (TFI - formerly known as UNFT) Package for adolescents with drug and other substance use disorders including those in contact or at risk of contact with the criminal justice system

June 2019

English Spanish

Scientific Poster

Development of Quality Assurance Mechanism and Tools for Drug Use Disorders Treatment: Evaluation of good practices informed by science and ethical principles towards continuous quality improvement

June 2019

English

Scientific Posters

Treatment and Care for People with Drug Use Disorders in Contact with the Criminal Justice System: Alternatives to Conviction or Punishment

June 2019

English

November 2019

English (updated)

Strong Families Programme

A family skills prevention programme for families in challenged settings

March 2019

English

UNODC - Time to Act!

Pragmatic and concrete actions for prevention of non-medical use of controlled substances, treatment of drug use disorders, social protection and health care for people affected
UNGASS 2016 Outcome implementation

March 2019

English

UNODC Information and Education Material - Drug Dependence Treatment and Care

March 2019

English French Spanish Russian

UNODC Quality Standards for the Treatment and Care of Drug Use Disorders

March 2019

Arabic Chinese English French Spanish Russian

UNODC Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorders: Current Practices and Promising Perspectives

March 2019

English Russian (unofficial translation)

Drug Treatment Systems in the Western Balkans
Outcomes of a Joint EMCDDA-UNODC Survey of Drug Treatment Facilities

February 2019

English

UNODC Policymakers Training Package on the Nature, Prevention, and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders - Brochure

September 2018

English French Spanish Portuguese

Technical Guidance: Increasing Access and Availability of Controlled Medicines

March 2018

English

International Standards on Drug Use Prevention - UNODC/WHO Second Updated Edition

March 2018

Official languages: Arabic, English, Spanish; Non-official languages: Bahasa, Italiano, Slovenian

WHO-UNODC Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facility Survey, Draft for Field Testing

February 2018

Arabic Bahasa Chinese English French Macedonian Portuguese Russian Spanish Vietnamese

UNODC Treatnet Training Package - Updated Edition

Revised December 2017 (February 2008) English

Online Basic Counselling Skills Module (2022) - Please log in and choose course

Scientific Posters

The S-O-S Initiative -Stop Overdose Safely - UNODC-WHO Multi-site Study on Community Management of Opioid Overdose, Including Emergency Naloxone

October 2017 November 2019

English English

WHO-UNODC "Stop Overdose Safely (S-O-S)" initiative

Fact sheets - Opioid Overdose

Management of substance abuse

UNESCO/ UNODC/ WHO Good Policy and Practice in Health Education: Education sector responses to the use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs (external link)

March 2017

English

Prevention of Drug Use and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders in Rural Settings

March 2017

English

Book of Abstracts: Scientific Consultation on Prevention of Drug Use and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders, Vienna International Centre, 8-10 December 2015

June 2016

English

Guidelines on drug prevention and treatment for girls and women

April 2016

English

Listen First! A campaign on evidence-based drug prevention

March 2016

Arabic Chinese English French Spanish Russian

Section D. Drug use prevention - What works in drug use prevention?
from the UNODC World Drug Report 2015 (page 18 onwards!)

June 2015

English

Section E. Treatment of drug use - Treatment of drug use disorders and dependence
from the UNODC World Drug Report 2015 (page 30 onwards!)

June 2015

English

Guidance for Community-Based Treatment and Care Services for People Affected by Drug Use and Dependence in South East Asia

2014

English

WHO Guidelines for identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders in pregnancy

2014

English

Opioid overdose: preventing and reducing opioid overdose mortality

June 2013

English Russian

International Standards on Drug Use Prevention

March 2013

Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish

TREATNET Quality Standards for Drug Dependence Treatment and Care Services

December 2012

English

Get the Facts about Drugs

December 2012

English

Cannabis: a short review

March 2012

English

Youth Initiative Discussion Guide

March 2012

Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish

Nonmedical use of prescription drugs Policy Direction Issues

October 2011

English

Ensuring availability of controlled medications for the relief of pain and preventing diversion and abuse

September 2011

English

Sustainable livelihoods: A broader vision

March 2011

English

Compilation of Evidence-Based Family Skills Training Programmes for prevention

2010

English

From Coercion to Cohesion: Treating Drug Dependence Through Health Care, Not Punishment

September 2010

Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish

UNODC-WHO Joint Programme on drug dependence treatment and care - Brochure

April 2010

Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish

Reducing the adverse health and social consequences of drug abuse: a comprehensive approach

November 2009

English

Principles of Drug Dependence Treatment - UNODC/WHO Discussion Paper

September 2009

English

Guide to implementing family skills training programmes for drug abuse prevention

February 2009

Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish

Drug Dependence Treatment: Community Based Treatment

September 2008

English

Drug Dependence Treatment: Role in the Prevention and Care of HIV and AIDS

September 2008

English

Drug Dependence Treatment: Sustained Recovery Management

September 2008

English

Drug Dependence Treatment: Interventions for Drug Users in Prison

September 2008

English

Treatnet Training Package

February 2008 (Revised December 2017)

English

Substance abuse treatment and care for women

2004

English

Substance abuse treatment and care for women: Case studies and lessons learned

2004

English

Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation: A Practical Planning and Implementation Guide

2003

English

Investing in Drug Abuse Treatment: A Discussion Paper for Policy makers

2003

English

Drug Counsellor's Handbook: A Practical Guide for Everyday Use

2000

English

Evaluation of psychoactive substance use disorder treatment

Facilitators workshop guide (1999)

International guidelines for the evaluation of treatment services and systems for psychoactive substance use disorders (2000)

Workbook 1: Planning evaluations (2000)

Workbook 2: Implementing evaluations (2000)

Workbook 3: Needs assessment (2000)

Workbook 4: Process evaluations (2000)

Workbook 5: Cost evaluations (2000)

Workbook 6: Client satisfaction evaluations (2000)

Workbook 7: Outcome evaluations (2000)

Workbook 8: Economic evaluations (2000)

Workbook Framework (2000)

United Nations

Office on Drugs and Crime

Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Section

Review of National Prevention Systems based on the UNODC/WHO International Standards on Drug Use Prevention

Cartographie des structures de prise en charge des troubles liés à l’usage des substances dans les pays francophones de l’Afrique de l’Ouest

Garantía de calidad en el tratamiento de los trastornos asociados al uso de drogas en América Latina y el Caribe - Informe Regional (2020-2021)

Scientific PosterHealth and justice coordination for increased access to health and social servicesfor people with drug use disorders in contact with the criminal justice system

The Role of Law Enforcement Officers in Drug Use Prevention within School Settings – A Guiding Document

Treatment services for substance use disorders in Latin American countries - Findings from the UNODC-WHO facility survey for field testing

Conference room paper: The relationship between quality of specialist treatment for substance use disorders and patient outcomes: A scoping review of the literature

Conference room paper: Review of interventions to treat drug use disorders among girls and women in the criminal justice system in low- and middle-income countries

Scientific poster

National school survey on substance use and associated patterns in Senegal, West Africa

Enquete sur la consommation de drogues et la sante chez les eleves des ecoles secondaires du Senegal

Establishing and delivering evidence-based, high-quality opioid agonist therapy services - An operational tool for low- and middle-income countries

Alternatives to conviction or punishment available for people who use drugs and with drug use disorders in contact with the criminal justice system – Draft summary report on available measures based on an analysis of Note Verbale responses by UN Member states to UNODC

Rapid Assessment of Substance Use and Associated Health and Social Services in Selected Relief and Humanitarian (Refugee) Settings and Situations in Uganda

Scientific Poster - Substance Use in Humanitarian Settings

Drug Use Disorder Treatment Services Quality Assurance Toolkit

Drug Use Disorder Treatment Systems Quality Assurance Toolkit

Brochure on Quality Assurance for Treatment of Drug Use Disorders – for Paris Pact meeting

Good Practices in Building Police-Public Partnerships, SPMU Publication Series Vol. 4, 2nd Edition, OSCE

Scientific PosterSubstance Use in Humanitarian Settings

Treatment of Drug Use Disorders and Associated Mental Health Disorders in Prison Settings and Forensic Hospitals

Comorbidities in drug use disordersNo wrong door

Parenting in conflict and humanitarian settings

Supporting children in a crisis situation

Quality assurance in treatment for drug use disorders: key quality standards for service appraisal (pre-publication version)

Scientific PosterFeasibility Studies of Treatnet Family With Elements of Family Therapy for Adolescents with Drug Use Disorders and Behavioral Challenges in Resource Limited Settings

Caring For Your Child In Crisis Situations

INCB, UNODC and WHO Joint Statement on Access to Controlled Medicines in Emergencies

Family Skills Programmes - Infographic

Summary Report: UNODC-WHO Stop-Overdose-Safely (S-O-S) project implementation in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Ukraine

UNODC-WHO Informal Scientific Network (ISN)

Drug Overdose: A Film About Life - Short film showcasing UNODC projects and UNODC/WHO collaboration on overdose prevention

Final ReportTreatnet Family: A Feasibility Study on Training on Elements of Family Therapy for Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders including those in Contact with the Criminal Justice System in Jakarta, Indonesia

Scientific Poster

Family UNited: Promising impact in the field from a new universal open-source and free family skills training programme aimed at preventing a broad spectrum of risk behaviors.

UNODC-WHO Quality Assurance Presentation – Quality in Drug Use Disorder Treatment

Practical Guidance for risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) for Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Migrants, and Host Communities Particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 Pandemic

UNODC 2020 World Drug Report - Booklet 5 - Socioeconomic Characteristics and Drug Use Disorders

Scientific PosterThe UNODC-WHO Stop Overdose Safely (S-O-S) Inititiative

Scientific PosterSocioeconomic Inequalities and Drug Use Disorders: Current Knowledge and Future Directions for Research and Action

UNODC Web Seminar - Drug Dependence Treatment, Care and Rehabilitation - 12 June 2020 - SE ASIA

Suggestions about treatment, care and rehabilitation of people with drug use disorder in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

UNODC/WHO International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders

TREATNET Family Brochure - Elements of family therapy for the treatment of adolescents with drug and other substance use disorders including adolescents in contact with or at risk of contact with the criminal justice system

Summary table

of evidence-based strategies identified in the UNODC/ WHO International Standards on Drug Use Prevention - Second Updated Edition PRE-PUBLICATION VERSION

Treatment and Care for People with Drug Use Disorders in Contact with the Criminal Justice System - Alternatives to Conviction or Punishment

Scientific Poster

UNODC Treatnet Family Intervention (TFI - formerly known as UNFT) Package for adolescents with drug and other substance use disorders including those in contact or at risk of contact with the criminal justice system

Scientific Poster

Development of Quality Assurance Mechanism and Tools for Drug Use Disorders Treatment: Evaluation of good practices informed by science and ethical principles towards continuous quality improvement

Scientific Posters

Treatment and Care for People with Drug Use Disorders in Contact with the Criminal Justice System: Alternatives to Conviction or Punishment

Strong Families Programme

A family skills prevention programme for families in challenged settings

UNODC - Time to Act!

Pragmatic and concrete actions for prevention of non-medical use of controlled substances, treatment of drug use disorders, social protection and health care for people affected UNGASS 2016 Outcome implementation

UNODC Information and Education Material - Drug Dependence Treatment and Care

UNODC Quality Standards for the Treatment and Care of Drug Use Disorders

UNODC Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorders: Current Practices and Promising Perspectives

Drug Treatment Systems in the Western Balkans Outcomes of a Joint EMCDDA-UNODC Survey of Drug Treatment Facilities

UNODC Policymakers Training Package on the Nature, Prevention, and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders - Brochure

Technical Guidance: Increasing Access and Availability of Controlled Medicines

International Standards on Drug Use Prevention - UNODC/WHO Second Updated Edition

WHO-UNODC Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facility Survey, Draft for Field Testing

UNODC Treatnet Training Package - Updated Edition

Scientific Posters

The S-O-S Initiative -Stop Overdose Safely - UNODC-WHO Multi-site Study on Community Management of Opioid Overdose, Including Emergency Naloxone

UNESCO/ UNODC/ WHO Good Policy and Practice in Health Education: Education sector responses to the use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs (external link)

Prevention of Drug Use and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders in Rural Settings

Book of Abstracts: Scientific Consultation on Prevention of Drug Use and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders, Vienna International Centre, 8-10 December 2015

Guidelines on drug prevention and treatment for girls and women

Listen First! A campaign on evidence-based drug prevention

Section D. Drug use prevention - What works in drug use prevention? from the UNODC World Drug Report 2015 (page 18 onwards!)

Section E. Treatment of drug use - Treatment of drug use disorders and dependence from the UNODC World Drug Report 2015 (page 30 onwards!)

Guidance for Community-Based Treatment and Care Services for People Affected by Drug Use and Dependence in South East Asia

WHO Guidelines for identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders in pregnancy

Scientific Poster
Health and justice coordination for increased access to health and social services
for people with drug use disorders in contact with the criminal justice system

Scientific Poster
Substance Use in Humanitarian Settings

Comorbidities in drug use disorders
No wrong door

Scientific Poster
Feasibility Studies of Treatnet Family With Elements of Family Therapy for Adolescents with Drug Use Disorders and Behavioral Challenges in Resource Limited Settings

Final Report
Treatnet Family: A Feasibility Study on Training on Elements of Family Therapy for Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders including those in Contact with the Criminal Justice System in Jakarta, Indonesia

Scientific Poster
The UNODC-WHO Stop Overdose Safely (S-O-S) Inititiative

Scientific Poster
Socioeconomic Inequalities and Drug Use Disorders: Current Knowledge and Future Directions for Research and Action

Pragmatic and concrete actions for prevention of non-medical use of controlled substances, treatment of drug use disorders, social protection and health care for people affected
UNGASS 2016 Outcome implementation

Drug Treatment Systems in the Western Balkans
Outcomes of a Joint EMCDDA-UNODC Survey of Drug Treatment Facilities

Section D. Drug use prevention - What works in drug use prevention?
from the UNODC World Drug Report 2015 (page 18 onwards!)

Section E. Treatment of drug use - Treatment of drug use disorders and dependence
from the UNODC World Drug Report 2015 (page 30 onwards!)