TY  - BOOK
AU  - Porter,Lane
AU  - Arif,Awni
AU  - Curran,William J.
ED  - World Health Organization.
TI  - The law and the treatment of drug- and alcohol-dependent persons: a comparative study of existing legislation 
SN  - 9241560932
PY  - 1986///
CY  - Geneva
PB  - World Health Organization
KW  - Substance-related disorders
KW  - therapy
KW  - legislation
N2  - A study of ways in which legislation can be used to promote the effective treatment of persons dependent on drugs or alcohol. Designed to aid the evaluation and improvement of current legislation, the book offers practical guidance based on a comparison of laws and regulations governing treatment programmes in more than 40 developed and developing countries. The objective is to acquaint readers with the range of legal solutions available, the basic principles they embody, and some of the specific lessons learned from their application in different national and subnational settings
UR  - http://apps.who.int/iris/
ER  -