Assessment of an Innovative Voluntary Substance Abuse Treatment Program Designed to Replace Compulsory Drug Detention Centers in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Khan, Farrah, Krishnan, Archana, Ghani, Mansur A., Wickersham, Jeffrey A., Fu, Jeannia Jiani, Lim, Sin How, Dhaliwal, Sangeeth Kaur, Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, Altice, Frederick L.
• Format: Article
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/21630/; https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2016.1267217

Background: As part of an ongoing initiative by the Malaysian government to implement alternative approaches to involuntary detention of people who use drugs, the National Anti-Drug Agency has created new voluntary drug treatment programs known as Cure and Care (C&C) Centers that provide free ac...