This chapter highlights three specific issues relating to the drug problem in Europe: drug and alcohol use among young people; social exclusion and reintegration; and public expenditure in the area of drug-demand reduction.
Drug and alcohol use among young people
Prevalence, attitudes and trends | Initiation, patterns and risk factors | Deaths and hospital emergencies | Legal responses and recommendations | A broad continuum of needs and responses
Social exclusion and reintegration
Definitions and concepts | Drug-use patterns and consequences observed among socially excluded populations | Relationship between social exclusion and drug use | Social reintegration
Public expenditure in the area of drug-demand reduction
Limitation and reliability of data | Expenditure in drug-demand reduction | Repartition of expenditure | Final considerations