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ARTICLE-20: MEASURES AGAINST THE ABUSE OF PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES     [go to this ARTICLE]
... MEASURES AGAINST THE ABUSE OF PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES ...
... 1. The Parties shall take all practicable measures for the prevention of abuse of psychotropic substances and for the early identification, treatment, education, after-care, rehabilitation and social reintegration of the persons involved, and shall co-ordinate their efforts to these ends. ...
... 3. The Parties shall assist persons whose work so requires to gain an understanding of the problems of abuse of psychotropic substances and of its prevention, and shall also promote such understanding among the general public if there is a risk that abuse of such substances will become widespread. ...