The possibility of the employment of formed drug users in the context of social entrepreneurship

The inclusion into society after a few years of addiction treatment can be a great problem for the former drug user. He is confronted with the new beginning of independence and autonomy. The re-entry program, which is focused on three essential parts of it – accommodation, education and recruitment – can help him. The practical help, which enables the successful reintegration into society is definitively the employment. As a part of research work I wanted to explore if the unemployment of the former drug users is the key problem when it concerns the reintegration into society. I also wanted to know what kind of obstacles are they confronted to and how does it influence their life. I see a possible solution in the development of social companies for the former drug users. In my research I focus on the obstacles for the functioning of that kind of company in Slovenia. The results of the research show that the unemployment is a big problem of the former drug users. The barrier is also the current economic crisis and the obstacles, connected with the past dependence of the former drug users. The solution could be in organizing the social companies for the former drug users, which could lower the level of their unemployment. But there still need to be done some changes or upgrades in the functioning of the social companies in Slovenia