...-representative data suggested unexpectedly high levels and early onsets of substance use compared to a previous Swiss surveys and also the European average. Drug policy debates should consider urban substance use patterns when considering legalization efforts. quednow@bli.uzh.ch 9 03 2021 5 10...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Heroin Opioids Methadone Buprenorphine Treatment monitoring Public health Drug policy Opioid dependence is often a chronic relapsing disorder that is associated with increased morbidity, mortality and crime. Worldwide...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Technology-based interventions Addiction Internet Drug policy European Union All of the interviewees recognised TBIs as a valuable tool to improve the management of SUDs, as revealed by this quote: “For future healthcare...

...Riaz Khan; Yasser Khazaal; Gabriel Thorens; Daniele Zullino; Ambros Uchtenhagen Aims: The aim of this paper is to illustrate how Switzerland was able to play such a pioneering role in the field of addiction treatment, in creating a drug policy that includes the medical prescription...

...-related mortality Overdoses Ranking Statistical problems Risk factors Drug policy The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, EMCDDA, publishes statistics for overdose deaths in European member states and Norway. Overdose deaths are reported nationally and compiled...

...R. Bless; D.J. Korf; M. Freeman Several new concepts have originated in the international debate on drug policy interventions in recent years. ‘Open drug scenes’ is one of these concepts. Findings, predominantly qualitative, from 9 uropean cities are presented. From a contrast analysis, the concept...

...Karl-Heinz Reuband On the basis of survey data and estimates, various Western European countries are compared with regard to the prevalence of cannabis use and the use of hard drugs. The data do not indicate a link with the type of drug policy. Liberal countries do not have higher or lower rates...

.... Drug policy in Hungary is lagging behind the appearance of problems. Legislation on drug use has been modernised, but the related health regulations are lacking, as well as modern guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court which could assist in judicial practice. The Inter-ministerial Committee on Drug...

... to in the content or advertisements. Drug use Population survey Secondary school survey Alcohol policy Drug policy Special Topic Section Addiction Research in Central and Eastern Europe Guest Editor: J. Moskalewicz (Warsaw) Eur Addict Res 2002;8:166 169 DOI: 10.1159/000066135 Old and New Drug...

... Ladislav Csémya Lude k Kubic kaa Alojz Nociarb aPrague Psychiatric Centre, Prague, Czech Republic; bCommittee of Ministers for Drug Addiction and Drug Control, Government Office of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Key Words Drug use W Patterns of use W Trends in treatment W Drug policy W...

...Harald Klingemann; Hans-Dieter Klingemann Drug policy development is mostly viewed as emerging within the nation state. Processes of diffusion of innovative policies have been neglected to a large extent. The comparative study of public policy has demonstrated, however, that diffusion...

.... Drug treatment Drug policy Harm reduction Heroin trials Alternatives to imprisonment Research and the Business of Treatment: Changes Eur Addict Res 1999;5:145 152 Recent Trends in Drug Treatment in Europe Aarne Kinnunena Margareta Nilsonb aNational Council for Crime Prevention, Helsinki, Finland...

..., quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Social policy Drug policy Typologies Changes Convergence Political, Social...

...Leif Lenke; Börje Olsson The programme of prescribing amphetamines and opiates to drug users in Stockholm carried out from 1965 to 1967 has frequently been referred to in the European drug policy debate. In this article, originally presented at the Conference on Drug Use and Drug Policy...