Drugs and Alcohol Today: Volume 12 Issue 3

Economic crisis in Greece: risks and challenges for drug policy and strategy

This paper aims to provide a political commentary on the economic crisis in Greece and to consider the subsequent risks and challenges for drug policy and strategy.

Drug policy in the Americas – a new set of Latin American policy proposals

This article aims to give some background information about the debate around drug policies in Latin America and to provide a view on a possible future direction of the developing…

Exploring the consequences of how Scotland interprets the UK Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

This paper aims to critically explore the consequences of how Scotland interprets the UK Misuse of Drugs Act (1971). Scotland prosecutes 24 per cent of people found in possession…

Maintenance treatment programme for opioid dependence: characteristics of 50+age group

The aim of this study is to explore the characteristics of a group of patients over 50 years old who are entering a substitution treatment programme for opioid dependence and to…

Psychological effects of ketamine: a research note

Ketamine intoxication has been mooted as a model of some of the signs and symptoms of psychosis. However, little research has focused on the self‐report experience of ketamine…

A six‐year study of substance use and mental health disorders: ascertaining the prevalence of comorbidity

Characteristics of substance use disorders (SUDs) comorbid with mental health disorders (MHDs) are not completely clear in early population based studies. The objective of this…

Drugs, Crime and Public Health. The Political Economy of Drug Policy

Drugs and policy – is anybody accountable?

Legal Eye

Drugs

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55th Session of the CND – not quite déjà vu

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