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Article de Périodique
Drug use and drug trafficking in Europe (1998)
Auteur(s) :
BOEKHOUT VAN SOLINGE, T.
Année
1998
Page(s) :
p.100-105
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
14
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Thésaurus mots-clés
MARCHE DE LA DROGUE
;
CANNABIS
;
HEROINE
;
TRAFIC INTERNATIONAL
;
TRAFIC
;
GEOPOLITIQUE
Thésaurus géographique
EUROPE
;
UNION EUROPEENNE
Résumé :
This article aims to give an overview of some general trends in drug use and drug trafficking in Europe. This overview will not discuss all illicit drugs in detail, but will focus on two drugs, cannabis and heroin. The reasons for this are as follows. Speaking about the use of illicit substances, cannabis is by and large the one that is most used in Europe. Heroin on the other hand, is used by very few people - in drug use surveys the prevalence of heroin is usually among the lowest- but it is the drug that is most associated with marginalisation and drug addiction. This also explains why the use of this drug is more visible than the use of other drugs. The second reason for concentrating on cannabis and heroin is that the trade in these drugs is most interesting from a geopolitical point of view.
Affiliation :
CEDRO, Univ. Amsterdam
Pays-Bas. Netherlands.
Pays-Bas. Netherlands.