Addressing the issue of drugs in cities
The round-table focused on the revised strategy and the specific programmes implemented by the Greek Organisation against Drugs (OKANA) to address the drugs issue in Greece under the economic crisis. The representatives of OKANA explored various questions, such as the goals and achievements of the implemented interventions and programmes; the interventions for adolescent and juvenile young users (Atrapos project); the life-saving substitution programmes that should be embraced by the whole of the society; the intervention opportunities for psychoactive substance users not receiving treatment; and OKANA’s treatment interventions in prison settings.- Katerina Micha, Sociologist, Head, Research and Evaluation Department, Greek Organization against Drugs (OKANA), Athens, Greece: Interventions and programmes addressing addiction implemented by OKANA: goals and achievements
- Evaggelos Kafetzopoulos, Psychiatrist, Deputy Director of Programme Implementation, Greek Organization against Drugs, Athens, Greece: Treatment of opiate addicts
- Ilias Gotsis, Sociologist, Head of Adolescent Treatment Unit Atrapos, Athens, Greece: Interventions for adolescent and juvenile drug users
- Anastasios Panopoulos, Drug Addiction Counsellor and Head, Drug Addicts Care Facility, Greek Organization against Drugs, Athens, Greece: Intervention opportunities for psychoactive substance users not receiving treatment
- Konstantinos Kokkolis, Psychiatrist and Head, OKANA Substitution Unit, Tzaneio Hospital, Athens, Greece: Addiction and criminality: OKANA’s treatment interventions in prison settings
Michail Katrinis, President of the Greek Organization against Drugs (OKANA), was the facilitator of the round-table.
