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Narcology (Russian:наркология:narkológija), from Russianнарко- (narco-,pertaining tonarcotics, illicitdrugs) +-логия (-logy, "branch of study") is asubspecialty ofpsychiatry dealing with the prevention, treatment, diagnosis, social care and recovery ofdrug-dependent persons.[3] The study and science of phenomena of "narcomania",[note 1] "toxicomania",[note 2]chronic alcoholism, and itsætiology,pathogenesis, and clinical aspects.[3][4] The term for a practitioner of narcology isnarcologist. In the United States, the comparable terms are "addiction medicine" and "addictionist".
Narcology was introduced as a separated medical specialty in the Soviet Union during the early 1960s through the 1970s.[5] The term "narcology" is used especially in the countries of theformer Soviet Union, including Russia.[4]
United Nations bodies and human rights organizations have documentedhuman rights violations againstpeople who use drugs in Russia, including the absolute prohibition on opioid substitution therapy andmethadone maintenance treatment, the use of unscientific methods in the treatment ofaddictive disorders, the absence of drug dependence treatment for people with serious medical conditions.[6]
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