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. 2016 Jun 9:353:i2943.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.i2943.

Mandatory addiction treatment for people who use drugs: global health and human rights analysis

Karsten Lunze  1 , Bulat Idrisov  2 , Mikhail Golichenko  3 , Adeeba Kamarulzaman  4
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Mandatory addiction treatment for people who use drugs: global health and human rights analysis

Karsten Lunze et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Global evidence indicates that mandated treatment of drug dependence conflicts with drug users’ human rights and is not effective in treating addiction. Karsten Lunze and colleagues argue that drug treatment policies must be evidence based and meet international standards

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Competing interests: We have read the BMJ’s competing interests policy and declare that we have no conflict of interest to declare.

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