Can a drug addict be forced to seek treatment? Should preventive screening be made systematic, particularly in the workplace? Do some information and education policies not have the effect of legitimising, or even trivialising, drug use? Is the financial cost of treatment justified in the light of society's other needs?These are some of the questions addressed in this work on drug addiction and the use of illicit drugs. This phenomenon, which is affecting people at an ever-younger age, is now an important public policy issue in Europe.
Introduction - Ethics and drug addiction by Patrick Sansoy
Questions raised by drug use: responses of our society by Claire Ambroselli
Information processing and data confidentiality by Rene Padieu
Drug prevention and education by Richard Ives
Intensive care in countries with weak economies by Oto Masar
Compulsory treatment: the Russian Federation's approach by Irina P. Anokhina, in co-operation with V.E. Pelipas and M.G. Tsetlin
Compulsory treatment: the Swedish approach by Elisabet Svedberg
Compulsory admission to care: the obligation to undergo treatment as an alternative to imprisonment by A. Lourenco Martins
Drug testing in the workplace by Tom Mellish
Access to treatment for young users of psychoactive substances by Olivier Simon, Renaud Stachel and Bruno Gravier
Caring for pregnant women or mothers using drugs by Paolo Stocco
The Council of Europe and drug addiction by Angel Ruiz de Valbuena
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