TREATMENT AND SERVICES FOR DRUG-USERS IN BRITAIN

The pattern of British drug service provision was transformed during t he late 1980s. Policy makers and service providers recognised the need for a more flexible response to changing drug trends and client needs ; consequently community-based services proliferated. HIV has had cons iderable impact on the working approach of many agencies, where harm m inimisation is now the immediate goal. This article provides an overvi ew of patterns of drug use and drug service provision in Britain.