Partners and International Organizations
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B, CH, CRO, D, DK, F, FIN, GR, I, N, NL, P, PL, UK
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Abstract
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As the rhetoric of the drug war developed and with it a growing concern about illicit drugs and the spread of HIV/AIDS, the call for more drug treatment services could be heard. Many countries with previously few specific drug-treatment services have seen a rapid expansion in the last 10 years. In this editorial project we examine the ways in which 20 countries from around the world have chosen to cope with the spread of illicit drugs. Though comparative cross-national studies on policy-making and policy evaluation have a long tradition in addiction research comparative analysis of the treatment response to drug problems in the wider sense has been neglected. At best, it has been dealt with in a technical and restricted way and lacks regional coverage. Information on the basic features of treatment systems presented in previous publications is limited to European countries and does not deal with the functioning of treatment systems in general. It is against this background that this book should be seen. Its publication provides for the first time information on the development of drug treatment from a global perspective. The 20 countries included are: Austria, Canada, China, Columbia, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Russia and the United States of America. The need to produce a global view of drug treatment is obvious in view such developments as the globalization of the drug industry, the international drug-trade and drug consumption, and the import and export of treatment models. The wide range of the countries represented here provides the reader with an excellent overview of current developments in treatment in different parts of the world.
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