Adequate policies, programmes and control at the international, national and local level are key to preventing opioid dependence. In addition, adequate and timely treatment is essential to helping those who have developed an opioid dependence. Unfortunately, there are still large gaps worldwide in the availability of effective measures to mitigate the opioids crisis.
This is demonstrated by the WHO Global Survey on Resources for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorder (2014):
More data on the prevention and treatment of drug use disorders can be found in the WHO Global Information System on Resources for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders which is a part of the Global Health Observatory data repository.
The UNODC Treatnet Family Training Package is a training-of-trainers package providing quality psychosocial support and services to communities and families with drug use disorders. It contains materials on family therapy for adolescents with drug use disorders including those in contact with the criminal justice system.
This document, co-developed by WHO and UNODC, is an operational tool designed to support health policymakers, administrators of health-care institutions and managers in establishing and delivering evidence-based, high quality opioid agonist therapy (OAT) services in low- and middle-income countries.