Demand reduction is cleary IDT's central task

A strategic reorientation of demand reduction interventions was recently implemented as to ensure consistency and coherency of coordination and optimization of health results.

  The main principles are:

Focus on the person - interventions for substance abuse are no longer considered the last goal; any intervention must refer to the person objective and subjective needs, rather than on the substances.

 

Territoriality - to a better understanding, intervention and planning, an increase focus on local and regional management and planning is necessary.

 

Integrated approaches and responses at internal and external level –approaches and responsibilities should be build in an integrated way, not dissociating individual and social reality. Services should set up their operational interventions using comprehensive response mechanisms, based on a coherent network able to deal with the complexity and cross-cutting nature of the drugs and alcohol related issues phenomena.