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The hospital/city transition and the return to the usual environment after hospitalization for withdrawal in an addiction service represents a critical point: sometimes problematic management of drug intake at home, possible non-compliance and interruption of treatment or misuse. favoring the resumption of consumption of psychoactive substances and the "relapse", the maintenance of a follow-up by the attending physician. The continuity of drug treatment must be supervised because of the communication difficulties between the hospital and the city medicine/pharmacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]