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Drug Policy

open access: yesDrug Policy, 2021
Taking a multidisciplinary perspective (including public health, sociology, criminology, and political science amongst others) and using examples from across the globe, this book provides a detailed understanding of the complex and highly contested nature of drug policy, drug policy making, and the theoretical perspectives that inform the study of drug
A. Ritter
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Drug Policy in Greece [PDF]

open access: yesValue in Health Regional Issues, 2018
To provide a detailed overview of the recent reforms in pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement processes as well as in other important areas of the pharmaceutical policy in Greece.Information was collected via a structured questionnaire. The study used publicly available resources, such as publications, relevant legislation, and statistical data ...
Yfantopoulos, J.N., Chantzaras, A.
openaire   +4 more sources

20 years of Portuguese drug policy - developments, challenges and the quest for human rights. [PDF]

open access: yesSubst Abuse Treat Prev Policy, 2021
Portugal decriminalized the public and private use, acquisition, and possession of all drugs in 2000; adopting an approach focused on public health rather than public-order priorities.
Rêgo X   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Ethical and Social Values for Paediatric Health Technology Assessment and Drug Policy. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Health Policy Manag, 2022
Background: Public policy approaches to funding paediatric medicines in advanced health systems remain understudied. In particular, the ethical and social values dimensions of health technology assessment (HTA) and drug coverage decisions for children ...
Denburg AE   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Persistent Criminalization and Structural Racism in US Drug Policy: The Case of Overdose Good Samaritan Laws.

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2023
The US overdose crisis continues to worsen and is disproportionately harming Black and Hispanic/Latino people. Although the "War on Drugs" continues to shape drug policy-at the disproportionate expense of Black and Hispanic/Latino people-states have ...
John R. Pamplin   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Debating the Drug Policy in Sweden: Stakeholders’ Moral Justifications in Media 2015–2021

open access: yesContemporary Drug Problems, 2023
Drug-related harms continue to increase globally and governments struggle in search of effective and legitimate countermeasures. The choice between policy options is intertwined with the arguments that dominate drug policy discussions, which in turn are ...
Tuulia Lerkkanen, J. Storbjörk
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Understanding Successful Policy innovation: the case of Portuguese drug policy.

open access: yesAddiction, 2022
BACKGROUND In 2000, the Portuguese minority socialist government decriminalised the possession and consumption of drugs. This law made Portugal unique in having a formal system that directs the person using drugs to a panel under the purview of the ...
Catherine Moury
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Warriors against the ‘War on Drugs’: Lay experts in Norwegian drug policy

open access: yesCurrent Sociology, 2021
International drug policy is undergoing change, and certain types of lay experts, those who have experienced problems with drug use, are getting a more important role.
W. Pedersen   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Factors associated with delayed diagnosis of Crohn’s disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesHeliyon, 2023
Background: Delayed diagnosis is a major barrier to the effective management of Crohn's disease (CD). Several studies have investigated factors responsible for delays in diagnosis, but no meta-analyses have systematically assessed the impact of these ...
Jinping Xie   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Two steps forward, one step back: current harm reduction policy and politics in the United States

open access: yesHarm Reduction Journal, 2017
Harm reduction policies and attitudes in the United States have advanced substantially in recent years but still lag behind more advanced jurisdictions in Europe and elsewhere.
Ethan Nadelmann, Lindsay LaSalle
doaj   +1 more source

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