Preface

This final report presents the results of the project “Models of good practice in drug treatment in Europe (‘Moretreat’).

The main aims of the project, which lasts April 2007 to August 2008, were to identify and collect evidence of drug treatment interventions, and to evaluate models of good practice in drug treatment in Europe. Based on this investigation good practice guidelines or treatment improvement protocols for the key interventions in drug treatment have been developed.

This report includes the guidelines for 11 areas of interventions or cross-cutting issues.

Additionally “short versions” (of fact sheets) of the guidance are presented. They are also available for dissemination in German and French language.

An identified problem in Europe is the absence of a platform for exchange and dissemination of good practice guidance. On basis of a survey this report comprises a proposal for next steps to improve such a platform on a European level. Apart from that the dissemination of the project results is ongoing. The results will be delivered to national platforms, international networks and to the just installed EMCDDA`s “best practice” portal.

The delivered evidence reports on interventions and corresponding recommendations for interventions are not the endpoints of the discussion about drug treatment interventions and their improvement. However, they serve as a starting point and an initiation of a further important development.

We want to thank all involved partners for cooperation in this challenging project and the European Commission for funding.

Prof. Dr. Christian Haasen