World Health Organization : Year 1985-86 ; World Health Organization Napd86, Working Paper7: Action in a Changing World ; Developing National Responses to Health Problems Related to Drug Misuse

By World Health Organization

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1985-86 ; World Health Organization Napd86, Working Paper7: Action in a Changing World ; Developing National Responses to Health Problems Related to Drug Misuse
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago Health Organization, B. W. (n.d.). World Health Organization : Year 1985-86 ; World Health Organization Napd86, Working Paper7. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

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Excerpt
Growinq threat to the world's health Current evidence from around the world reveals a continuing upward trend in the misuse of psychoactive drugs 1 (Uchtenhagen). An epidemic of the health problems related to drug misuse can break out at any time in any country. The misuse of narcotic and psychotropic drugs leads to many other kinds of problems as well, but the focus of this paper is specifically on health problems and on the action that can be taken specifically by health ministries to counter this threat. in considering what action can be taken, it is worth remembering that WHO defines health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being.2 A health focus is therefore a broad focus.

Table of Contents
Contents Growing threat to the world's health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Taking action now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Constraints to action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Information for action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Acting jointly with other countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Developing health strategies that work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Programmes for prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Steps towards a preventive programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Matching treatment and prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Encouraging self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Developing national policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 From policies to programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Coordinating national programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Collaboration between different sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Collaboration outside government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Ensuring international coordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 From informal collaboration to international conventions . . . . . . . . 8 Continuing to cooperate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Supporting relevant research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Immediate training needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Stimulating action by WHO and other international agencies . . . . . . . I0 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12