On May 12-14, 2011, UNODC held a three-day Experts Group Meeting, entitled “Basic socio-economic assistance as a precondition for effective drug dependence treatment and related HIV/AIDS prevention”. Participants were comprised of experts from industrialized, developing and least-developed countries. International experts examined how interventions aimed at the alleviation of very basic needs arising from poverty can address and reduce problematic drug use and drug-related health risks.
Outcomes of the meeting are to be used for future policy development.
To download the report:
http://www.unodc.org/documents/commissions/CND-session55/ECN72012_CRP4_eV1251321.pdf