Drifting Towards a More Common Approach to a More Common Problem: Epidemiology and the Evolution of a European Drug Policy

Paul Griffiths (1) , Henri Bergeron (2)

1 Infection
2 CSO - Centre de sociologie des organisations (Sciences Po, CNRS)

Few policy developments in Europe are easy to describe. Difficulties are magnified when we consider European drug policy, and area which until recently many would claim simply did not exist. And in a strictly formal, legal sense this is true : no EU policy on drugs does exist as there is no legal basis available for policy development in this area. [first paragraph]

Keywords: Epidemiology; European Drug Policy; Policy and Politics

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Sociology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Political science

Paul Griffiths, Henri Bergeron. Drifting Towards a More Common Approach to a More Common Problem: Epidemiology and the Evolution of a European Drug Policy. Rhidian Hughes; Rachel Lart; Paul Higate. Drugs: Policy and Politics, Open University Press, pp.113 - 124, 2006, 9780335216161. ⟨hal-02533317⟩