Facilitating a transition from compulsory detention of people who use drugs towards voluntary community-based drug dependence treatment and support services in Asia

• Main Authors: Pascal Tanguay, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Apinun Aramrattana, Alex Wodak, Nicholas Thomson, Robert Ali, Gino Vumbaca, Gloria Lai, Anand Chabungbam
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84944879106&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/44132
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2015 Tanguay et al. Evidence indicates that detention of people who use drugs in compulsory centers in the name of treatment is common in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. The expansion of such practices has been costly, has not generated p...