From a policy on illegal drugs to a policy on psychoactive substances
By: Richard Muscat and members of the Pompidou Group research platform
Contributors: Co-operation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs (Pompidou Group)
Publisher: Council of Europe Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Strasbourg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9789287164803
Subjects: Narcotics; Government policy; Psychotropic drugs; Alcohol; Tobacco; Drogenpolitik; Alkoholismus; Rauchen; Internationaler Vergleich; Europäische Union
Description: How is drug policy developed? Members of the Pompidou Group research platform from 17 European countries have studied this question, taking into account differing national political contexts, the influence of international conventions and drug strategies at V European level, the evolution of scientific knowledge, and treatment of drug addiction in the most broad sense of the word. This work in part provides a reply to the question whether countries opt for an integrated policy on substances, or for a separate policy for each substance. This publication also attempts to identify to what extent civil society, practice and science influence the formulation of drug policy.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-192).

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Table of contents: title: Synthesis / by Richard Muscat; title: The national drug strategy in Cyprus / by Neoklis Georgiades; title: Czech drug policy and its links to tobacco and alcohol policies / by Pavla Chomynova; title: Alcohol and drug policies and prevention strategies in Estonia / by Kaire Vals; title: French public policy on drugs, both legal and illegal / by Dominique Vuillaume; title: Towards a policy on psychoactive substances : Germany / by Ingo Kipke [and others]; title: Drug and alcohol policy in Hungary / by Zsolt Demetrovics; title: Irish drug policy and its links with alcohol and tobacco policies / by Brigid Pike; title: From policies on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs to a policy on psychoactive substances : Luxembourg / by Sophia Lopes de Costa; title: From policies on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs to a policy on psychoactive substances : the Netherlands / by Mirjam van Keulen and Dike van de Mheen; title: Norway : alcohol and drug policy / by Astrid Skretting; title: Polish alcohol and drug policies / by Janusz Sierosławski; title: From policies on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs to a policy on psychoactive substances in Portugal / by Fernanda Feijão; title: From policies on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs to a policy on psychoactive substances : Romania / by Andrei Botescu; title: Slovene drug policy / by Jože Hren; title: From policies on alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs to an addiction policy : Switzerland / by Markus Spinatsch; title: Turley's strategy / by Mustapha Pinarci; title: Policies on alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs in the UK / by Gail Eaton.