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Article de Périodique
Post-war prevention: Emerging frameworks to prevent drug use after the War on Drugs (2018)
Auteur(s) :
WERB, D.
Année
2018
Page(s) :
160-164
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Résumé :
The prevention of drug use is one of the primary goals of the War on Drugs. However, despite investment in high-profile interventions such as social marketing campaigns and enforcement-based deterrence, these efforts have generally failed. With the emergence of novel policy frameworks to control and regulate drug use, a window of opportunity exists to test approaches to drug prevention that take into account existing evidence and the rights of individuals who use drugs. Specifically, there is a growing consensus that entry into drug use is a socially-defined event that individuals experience within particular socio-structural contexts. This understanding, coupled with a distinction between the value of preventing problematic drug use rather than all drug use, provides a useful framework within which to develop effective and rights-based approaches to drug prevention.
Affiliation :
Division of Global Public Health, University of California San Diego, USA
Cote :
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