Drug users
“Dose of Love” Association works in the area of drug addictions since 2000 year. The goal in the work with drug addictions is complete care for our clients directed in:
- Harm reduction from drug use.
- Consulting and treatment for addictions.
Providing services in drug use harm reduction:
- Maintenance Threshold Center for drug users. Outreach program;
- Distribution of safe injecting and drug’s use materials;
- Distribution of safe sex materials;
- Opportunity for free and confidential HIV, Syphilis, Hepatitis B and C testing, liver’s enzymes and other;
- Screening and testing for Tuberculosis;
- Supplying of refreshment drinks;
- Health consulting;
- Psychological and social consulting;
- Case management;
- Direction to treatment institutions and structures, monitoring and treatment support;
- Trainings in hiring of people from the target group;
- Other.
Provided services in the area of support addictions’ treatment:
- Maintenance of Consulting and Informational Center for drug users and their relatives;
- Screening and assessment of the problems related with drug substances, alcohol and hazard;
- Motivation for change;
- Social and psychological consultations;
- Information and guidance to treatment’s programs;
- Consultations for families and relatives;
- Information about specifics of dependency, phases and opportunities for treatment and rehabilitation in the country;
- Monitoring of client’s guidance in the treatment process.
Providing services for professionals and huge society:
- Collaboration on national and international level, exchanging experience and good practices;
- Organization and participation in local, national and international network meetings;
- Implementation of sociological surveys on the dependency problems;
- Developing and distribution of informational materials;
- Developing and distribution of materials and training programs for professionals from NGOs and health institutions that works with drug users;
- Developing of methodologies/directions for specific activities in the field of addictions;
- Organization and participation in different campaigns among general public;
- Publishing materials in media.