PRI is a specific programme that integrates interdisciplinary and multi sector interventions, according to some or all areas of mission of IDT (prevention, treatment, harm and risk reduction and reintegration) and depends from the diagnoses results of a territory identified as priority.
The national diagnosis (2006-2007) put in place, led to the identification of 163 territories in Continental Portugal where an integrated intervention in the framework of drug use is needed (Phase 1).
An identified territory does not need to respect the administrative delimitations, but may include several places related between themselves by the existence of common problems associated to the use of psychoactive substances. It is associated to the appropriation that persons do from the spaces, to their course and everyday contexts. In this sense, the emphasis it is on target groups that intends to achieve, taking into account their courses.
Figure - Identified Territories, by Region