Historique
Rapport
The state of the drugs problem in the acceding and candidate countries to the European Union. Annual report 2003
(L'état du phénomène de la drogue dans les pays candidats à l'accession à l'Union Européenne. Rapport annuel 2003)
Auteur(s) :
OEDT = EMCDDA (Observatoire européen des drogues et des dépendances = European monitoring centre for drugs and drug addiction)
Année
2003
Page(s) :
78 p.
Langue(s) :
Français
; Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
Lisbon : European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA)
;
Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
Collection :
European Drug Report
ISBN :
978-92-9168-167-9
Refs biblio. :
62
Domaine :
Drogues illicites
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Organismes
OEDT
Thésaurus géographique
BULGARIE
;
REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE
;
ESTONIE
;
HONGRIE
;
LETTONIE
;
LITUANIE
;
POLOGNE
;
ROUMANIE
;
SLOVAQUIE
;
SLOVENIE
Thésaurus mots-clés
PRODUIT ILLICITE
;
ALCOOL
;
HEPATITE
;
JEUNE
;
VIH
;
PREVALENCE
;
CONDUITE A RISQUE
;
SUBSTITUTION
;
DEPISTAGE
;
ACCES AUX SOINS
Résumé :
This report marks the end of a preparatory phase of work and, in the future, data from the acceding and candidate central and east European countries will form part of the overall picture of drug use in the European Union. Where possible, data from Cyprus, Malta and Turkey are also provided. Drug use in central and eastern Europe is very much a phenomenon of the young, and in public health terms has to be seen also in the context of changing patterns of alcohol consumption, a drug that has always had a significant health impact in many countries in the region. Patterns of drug use have to some extent been adopted by young people as part of a broader development of youth culture, music and fashion. These issues are explored in Chapter 2, which looks in detail at what is known about the changing picture of drug and alcohol use among the young and also mirrors a similar focus piece in the accompanying EMCDDA annual report on the state of the drugs problem in the European Union and Norway. Hepatitis C infection among drug users is also likely to result in considerable long-term public health costs. The increasing numbers of drug injectors in the region, together with continuing high-risk behaviours, suggests that strengthening public health measures to prevent the spread of HIV and HCV among this group is a critically important area for public health policy. For this reason the issue of drug-related infectious diseases is the subject of Chapter 3 of this report. Chapter 4 provides a descriptive review of the main "instruments" of drug policy in the region, namely laws, strategies and coordination arrangements in the field of drugs.
Affiliation :
Portugal