The System of Medical Treatment for Addiction in France

The French Addictions Treatment system was recently reformed. The ministerial memo was clearly inspired by professionals and from the clinical reality of patients. The main purpose of this reform was to reorganize the treatments (fighting against the historical split of the different structures) but also to fight against the substances approach in favor of a global approach. Thus, this new plan allows addiction treatment professionals to be concerned with the prevention and the detection of addictive behaviors (abuse and risk use), which was relatively new in the French medical profession. We present a brief history of the evolution of the system of treatment for addiction, and we describe the new system of treatment for addiction as it is now defined in France.