Usage de toxiques et mesures pénalement ordonnées : les difficultés inhérentes à leurs applications

Justice-ordered cares are measures of care delivered by justice following an offense. Besides hospitalisation, four measures exist to treat addiction related issues: compulsory care, therapeutic injunction, care injunction and awareness-raising courses on the dangers of drug abuse. All the above play an important part in caring for substance users since they foster contact between the user and the health care system through the judicial way. A review of the literature pointed out the existence of many difficulties in the implementation of these measures. This is specifically the case for therapeutic injunction, which seemed to be an appropriate response to toxic abuse. It also showed that according to usage patterns, acute care appeared to be suitable for single users, within a field of prevention and awareness, while they did not correspond to drug addicts who need long term care.