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The fourth edition of this report provides a clearer picture of the extent and complexity of the drug problem, how it has evolved over the past few years, and the measures implemented. The aim of this document is to put all the available knowledge into perspective.
Monitoring drug-using patients in general medicine: qualitative approach; Psychotropic drugs and dependence: users profiles and behaviour patterns
The use of illicit drugs and criminality enjoy powerful media visibility and give the curious bystanders something to talk about; they fascinate and at the same time arouse fear and incomprehension.
The levels of use of alcohol, tobacco and psychotropic drugs do not come within the same context and do not even have the same history. However these three substances have at least two points in common: their use is legal and they are the only psychoactive products still used beyond the age of 60 years.
This summary sets out the observations from the second year of operation of the TREND project (Tendances récentes et nouvelles drogues) (Recent trends and new drugs).
Although the forms and organisation of drug trafficking in France obviously have their own logic, they are also the consequence of a public policy and the ways in which the institutions responsible have implemented this policy.
Sport is often associated with positive values in terms of health, well-being and social integration. Advertisements aimed at prevention of drug use sometimes present sport as an alternative.
The Institut de veille sanitaire (InVS) (Institute for Health Monitoring) recently published a two volume report entitled "Contribution to the Evaluation of the Policy for Risk Reduction: SIAMOIS".
In Europe, France and the Netherlands both stand for opposite models of drug policies as far as public opinion is concerned.
The survey, whose results are shown here, was carried out within the context of the Journée d'appel de préparation à la défense (JAPD, Roll Call Day of Preparation for Defence) established by the October 28th, 1997 Law (pertaining to the French National Service).
