Intervention methods for drugs users rehabilitation

• Author: Irina Fainaru
• Position: Center for Financial and Monetary Research 'Victor Slavescu' of the Romanian Academy, University of Bucharest
• Pages: 89-96

Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov

Series VII: Social Sciences • Law • Vol. 9 (58) No. 1 - 2016

INTERVENTION METHODS

FOR DRUGS USERS

REHABILITATION

Irina FĂINARU1

Abstract: The problem of the use of the psycho-active substances known as

"ethno-botanical" is a very topical subject. With the development of the

society, drug trafficking has spread so much, reaching global dimensions.

Millions of young people fall prey to these substances, which initially are not

an imminent danger, but later, become a difficulty to escape nightmare. The

professionals helpers may requires special training in order to efficient

intervene to assist them. The intervention methods used by them manage to

determine positive changes in the young drug users’ lives.

Key words: psycho-active substances, drug use (abuse), rehabilitation.

1 Center for Financial and Monetary Research "Victor Slăvescu" of the Romanian Academy, University of

Bucharest.

1. Introduction

The consumption of new substances having psychoactive properties known as

“designer drugs” is a phenomenon that makes more and more victims every day.

Unfortunately, those “targeted” by the merchandisers of such products are the

adolescents. Most of the times young people are an easy prey as they lack the experience,

they are naive, willing to make experiments, and curiosity is a part of human nature; they

are also most impulsive, they make decisions in a moment without considering the

consequences as they can be easily influenced.

The new substances with psychoactive properties generically called “designer drugs”

are like the synthetic cannabinoids or synthetic stimulants that have the properties similar

to the amphetamine s (amphetamine type stimulants or ATS). They were originally sold

worldwide in physical stores and through online retail networks approximately in 2006.

In Romania, they started to appear in the last period of the year 2008, becoming shortly

after very popular among young people. According to the Annual Report of the European

Observatory for Drugs and Toxicomania, in 2010 a number of 41 new substances have

been reported in comparison with the year 2009 (24 substances) and the year 2008 (13

substances). These substances are varied and they include: substances with psychoactive

properties obtained from plants, synthetic cannabinoids, piperazins, synthetic catinons

and other new groups of synthetic substances. The EMCDDA also conducts studies in

order to research which of the substances having psychoactive properties are available

online. Thus in 2009 in Europe there have been identified 115 online shops dealing with