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Drug use in Romania is a dynamic phenomenon, being heavily influenced by a multitude of social and economic factors. Romania was initially a transit country, but soon it became one of the profitable areas of drug trafficking. This work started with an attempt to highlight the reasons for young people to initiate consumption, but also to see the importance of methadone substitution treatment for former heroin users in their effort to achieve abstinence. For this study, we selected 20 former heroin users currently u...

Every year in Romania, a significant number of youth and children fall victim to different forms of exploitation: sexual exploitation, forced labor exploitation, exploitation for begging, exploitation by forcing to commit juvenile delinquency. According to the studies published by the National Agency Against Trafficking in Persons (ANITP), in 2016 the number of victims was 756, 14% lower than in the previous year. Adult victims prevail (402 victims, of which 294 women and 128 men), although the number of minor vic...

The human trafficking phenomenon affects a great number of children by turning them into merchandise. In their searc h for a better future, children can be tempted by traffickers, who make them false promises. The goal of the study is, aside from highlighting the socio socio-demographic characteristics of the minors’ victims of trafficking, to identify the factors that generat e certain forms of vulnerability for trafficked minors and the most efficient assistance and reinsertion methods as well as the most effe...