Care of Drug Users in General Practice

A GP's role - past, present and future; assessment of the drug user; general health care of drug users; counselling drug users; opiate misuse; methadone prescribing; cocaine, amphetamines and designer drugs; use and abuse of benzodiazepines by polydrug users; safer injection, safer use, safer sex - a harm-minimization approach; caring for the pregnant drug user; young people and drugs; practical aspects of managing drug users; working with other agencies; drugs and the law.