Our youth projects use youngsters to convey the anti-drug message to their peers. Every year, approximately 12,000 youngsters are exposed to informative publicity on drugs within the framework of sports activities and competitions. A similar message is conveyed through the top-level high school basketball league. Coverage of the league by cable and community television brings this message to thousands of Israelis youth. More than 6,000 drug victims are treated within this framework and by private and nonprofit institutions.
Treatment covers physical detoxification, psychosocial work, and support using a drug substitute.
Special attention is being focused on expanding the treatment system for young people affected by drugs. The rehabilitation project for fully detoxified adults was also extended to include scholarships for study and for learning a profession. Treatment and rehabilitation of prisoner-addicts is carried out in the Prisons Service on the basis of a holistic approach, which integrates medical, psychological, social, and family oriented treatment. Since 1996 the ADA has intensified and consolidated its treatment service for young people who use and are addicted to drugs. In the past two years many teenage addicts have been referred to the ADA for diagnosis.