complexity requiring social policies on preventive measures and treatment, "Recognizing the adverse effects on the administration of the criminal justice system. Member States to consider the extent to which they may wish; "(a) To differentiate in the application of the criminal law and in the nature and type of treatment provided to occasional users from those physically and/or psychologically dependent; to the user from the dealers; and to those whose offences are directly related to their drug dependence from those whose offences are not so related; "(b) To give preference to the use of non-penal measures in relation to the personal use of drugs; "(c) To provide medical, psychological and social treatment programmes for drug-dependent offenders, to be applied in appropriate cases, in the context of non-custodial sanctions; "(d) To initiate or develop research programmes on the relationship between drug dependence and crime. "D "HEALTH CARE ' The Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the "Recalling that in accordance with rule 22(2) of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners sick prisoners in need of specialist treatment shall be transferred to specialized institutions or to civil hospitals; "Aware of the need to provide resocialization opportunities for mentally disturbed and physically disabled prisoners; Member States: "(a) To arrange for the treatment of sick prisoners to be conducted in a multi-disciplinary context and to employ the services of specialized professional personnel; "(b) To consider the human immunodeficiency virus, the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, hepatitis and similar transmittable diseases as a growing public health issue concerning not only the wider community, but also the prison population and, in consequence, to provide information and encouragement to prisoners and staff to take the necessary measures to avoid the transmission of these diseases and, in the event of infection, to take the 
**Analysis**
The text appears to focus on the impact of drug use and drug dependence on the criminal justice system and the health of prisoners. It discusses the need for social policies, medical treatment, and resocialization opportunities. The text also touches on public health issues related to the transmission of diseases among prisoners and staff.

**Category**
Health, Humanitarian aid and relief