# Substance Use Disorders

- Link: https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/substance-use-disorders/
- Published: 2023-11-14T12:07:51+02:00
- Author: dearSA

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### **23**** **comments delivered to parliament (closed 10 December 2023)

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[click to view a report and all public comments ](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/substance-use-disorders/summary)

### The Minister of Social Development published the draft Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Use Disorders Policy for public comment.

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This Policy framework on the Prevention of and Treatment for Substance Use Disorders(
the Policy) recognises that the abuse of substances – such as alcohol, illicit drugs
and prescription medicine – has reached alarming levels in South Africa.

**The objectives of the Policy are:**

 * to embrace a balanced, integrated and evidence-based approach to domestic
    substance
   use, abuse and dependency (substance use disorders);
 * to invest in building safe communities through appropriate evidence-based
    prevention
   and treatment strategies; and
 * to devise SUD impact minimisation strategies.

This Policy framework provides for intervention that seeks to deliver a solution
to harm caused by substance abuse. It provides for mechanisms aimed at supply, demand
and harm reduction through prevention, early intervention, treatment, re-integration
and aftercare programmes.

It provides for the registration and establishment of treatment centres and the 
repositioning of the Central Drug Authority (CDA). It takes into cognisance that
there are various role players that need to provide positive intervention on the
harms and social ills associated with substance abuse.

It focuses on substance abuse harms as well as supply and demand reduction as three
pillars that must be strengthened in order to deal effectively with the challenges
of substance abuse.

Furthermore, this policy is informed by and aligned to the WHO.

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