Historique
Chapitre
Assessing global drug problems, policies, and reform proposals
Auteur(s) :
REUTER, P.
Année :
2011
Page(s) :
225-240
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
978-1-4094-0543-6
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
POLITIQUE
;
CONSOMMATION
;
MARCHE DE LA DROGUE
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
;
REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES
;
JUSTICE
;
HEROINE
Thésaurus géographique
INTERNATIONAL
Résumé :
Even if modern drug policies are presented to be evidence based, they are designed and elaborated, independently of the results they achieve or of the evolution of the drug phenomenon situation. To illustrate this point Reuter gives an important example. Cannabis use in a range of different countries rose between 1992 and 1998 regardless of the different policy stances of different countries. This suggested that a "globalized popular culture" had a prominent role. After 1998, growth in rates of cannabis use ceased as abruptly as they had begun, and yet no policy intervention could be discerned to account for it. Other than the importance of fashion in explaining drug uses and patterns, there appeared to be no link between policies and prevalence, suggesting strongly that uses and patterns respond to other types of factors or determinants, including cultural ones. [From the book's introduction]
Cote :
L01616