Programmes for work with drug addicts in the prisons of the Republic of Bulgaria (2009 – 2023)

Prevalence of psychoactive substance use Prevalence of medication use Prevalence of drug use Drug Prevention

Treatment Supply Treatment Demand Health consequences Harm reduction

Drug-related crimes Drug market Drug use and prison Monitoring of publications Attitudes to legal framework changes

Number of prisoners who participated in the “Short-term programme to drug use harm reduction” (2009 – 2023)

	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Number of prisoners participated in the programme	213	176	110	100	82	144	99	54	146	87	38	12	40	29	37
By prison:
Belene	8	12	11	–	–		29	18	24	12	6	–	12	–	–
Bobov dol	24	12	–	11	–		–	–	12	–	6	–	–	–	–
Burgas	–	12	21	10	–		11	–	–	–	–	–	8	8	–
Varna	24	12	16	28	47		26	–	26	–	–	–	–	–	–
Vratsa	21	12	10	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lovech	23	36	12	25	17		19	18	20	18	7	–	12	8	–
Pazardzhik	21	24	12	–	–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	14
Sliven	24	12	–	–	–		–	–	18	12	7	–	–	–	–
Plovdiv	18	20	–	8	–		–	–	–	–	6	–	–	–	14
Sliven	18	12	13	11	–		–	–	14	14	6	12	8	6	9
Sofia	24	–	–	7	–		–	–	–	14	–	–	–	–	–
Stara Zagora	8	12	15	–	12		14	18	18	17	–	–	–	–	–
Number of groups	20	15	10	10	7		9	5	14	12	6	1	6	4	5

Number of prisoners who participated in the “Medium-term programme for treated of addictions in Bulgarian prisons” (2009 – 2012)