Welcome to our website about the National Treatment Outcome Research Study. Here you will find information about the study that was carried out on drug rehabilitation projects and information on drug rehabilitation facilities where you can find help.
NTORS was the first large-scale, multi-site, prospective follow up study of drug misuse conducted in the United Kingdom. Over 1000 people were recruited to the scheme who entered drug rehabilitation treatment services, both residential and community based to see what the most effective methods are. The study began in 1995 in England and 54 drug treatment programmes took part. The study observed patient behaviour and substance misuse patterns over 5 years.
Treatment methods and factors that were observed included: