Will Swedish and Dutch drug policy converge? The role of theory

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-54

  Goldberg, Ted ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Convergence; Drug policy; Harm reduction; Prohibition; Sweden; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 12744261507     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2005.00338.x     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Abraham MD, Kaal HL, Cohen PDA (2002). Licit and Illicit Drug Use in the Netherlands, 2001. Amsterdam, Cedro, Mets & Schilt.
2. Bejerot N (1970). Addiction and Society. Springfield, Charles C. Thomas Publisher.
3. Bejerot N (1979). Missbruk av Alkohol, Narkotika och Frihet [Misuse of Alcohol, Narcotics and Freedom]. Stockholm, Ordfront.
4. BRU (Beredning för rättsväsendets utveckling) [Working committee for the development of the judicial system] (2003). Ökad effiktivitet och rättssäkerhet i brottsbekämpningen [Increased effectivity and juridical security in crime fighting]. Stockholm, SOU 2003: 74.
5. BUZA (Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken) [The Ministry of Foreign Affairs] (2003). Q & A Drugs: A Guide to Dutch Policy. Available at: http://www.minbuza.nl/default.asp?CMS_TCP= tcpAsset&id=175A6D3F70164607A386D43B61DC135FX2X42819X14
6. Carlberg A, Lenke L, Sunesson S (1997). Narkotikamissbruket ökar kraftigt [Narcotics misuse is drastically increasing]. Stockholm, Dagens Nyheter, 1997-03-24: A4.
7. CCBH (Central Committee on the Treatment of Heroin Addicts) (2002). Medical co-prescription of heroin: Two randomized controlled trials. Utrecht, CCBH.
8. Christie N (1974). Samhällsförändringar och mänskliga anpassningsproblem. [Social Change and Problems of Human Adaptation]. In: Daun Å, Börjeson B, Åhs S, eds. Samhällsförändringar och brottslighet [Societal changes and criminality]. Stockholm, Tidens Förlag-Folksam.
9. Cohen P (1996). The case of the two Dutch drug policy commissions: An exercise in harm reduction, 1968-1976. Available at http://www.cedro-uva.org/lib/cohen.case.html
10. de Kort M, Cramer T (1999). Pragmatism versus ideology: Dutch drug policy continued. Journal of Drug Issues 29: 473-492.
11. Garretsen HFL (2003). The decline of Dutch drug policy? Journal of Substance Use 8: 2-4.
12. Garretsen HFL, Blanken P, van Mastrigt H, van Oers JAM (1996). A research perspective on drug related nuisance - Dutch experiences. Medicine and Law 15: 705-714.
13. Goldberg T (1999). Demystifying drugs: A psychosocial perspective. Basingstoke, Macmillan Press, and New York, St. Martin's Press.
14. Government proposal [Regeringens proposition] (2002). Nationell narkotikahandlingsplan [National narcotics action program]. 2001/02. Stockholm, Riksdagen.
15. Jansen ACM (1996). The development of a 'legal' consumers' market for cannabis: The 'coffee shop' phenomenon. In: Leuw E, Marshall IH, eds. Between prohibition and legalization: The Dutch experiment in drug policy. Amsterdam, Kugler Publications.
16. Kaplan CD, Haanraadts DJ, Van Vliet HJ, Grund, JP (1996). Is Dutch drug policy an example to the world? In: Leuw E, Marshall IH, eds. Between prohibition and legalization: The Dutch experiment in drug policy. Amsterdam, Kugler Publications.
17. Keizer B (2002). The Netherlands' drug policy. Working paper 12 September 2002. The Hague, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports.
18. Kraan DJ (1996). An economic view on Dutch drugs policy. In: Leuw E, Marshall ICH, eds. Between prohibition and legalization: The Dutch experiment in drug policy. Amsterdam, Kugler Publications.
19. Lemmens P, Garretsen HFL (1998). Unstable pragmatism: Dutch drug policy under national and international pressure. Addiction, 93(2): 157-162.
20. Leuw E (1996). Initial construction and development of the official Dutch drug policy. In: Leuw E, Marshall IH, eds. Between prohibition and legalization: The Dutch experiment in drug policy. Amsterdam, Kugler Publications.
21. Leuw E, Marshall IH, eds. (1996). Between prohibition and legalization: The Dutch experiment in drug policy. Amsterdam, Kugler Publications.
22. Marshall IH, Marshall CE (1996). Drug prevention in the Netherlands: A low-key approach. In: Leuw E, Marshall IH, eds. Between prohibition and legalization: The Dutch experiment in drug policy. Amsterdam, Kugler Publications.
23. Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Socialdepartementet) (1991). Det ska vara svårt att vara missbrukare [It should be hard to be a drug abuser]. Interview with Hans Strindlund in Vi Ger Oss Aldrig! [We'll never give up]. Rapport från regeringens aktionsgrupp mot narkotika. Stockholm: Socialdepartementet.
24. Narcotics Commission (Narkotikakommissionen) (2000). Vägvalet: Den narkotikapolitiska utmaningen [The crossroad: The challenge to narcotics policy]. SOU 2000:126. Stockholm, Norstedts Tryckeri.
25. Nordegren T, Tunving K (1984). Hasch: Romantik och fakta [Hash: Romanticism and facts]. Borås, Prisma.
26. Olsson B, Adamsson Wahren C, Byqvist S (2001). Det tunga narkotikamissbrukets omfattning i Sverige 1998 [The extent of heavy narcotics misuse in Sweden 1998]. MAX-projektet, Delrapport 3. Stockholm, Centralförbundet för Alkohol-och Narkotikaupplysning.
27. Peele S (1998). The meaning of addiction: An unconventional view. San Francisco, Lexington Books, Jossey-Bass Publishers.
28. SNIPH (Swedish National Institute of Public Health) (1995). Drug policy: The Swedish experience. Second revised edition. Stockholm, Folkhälsoinstitutet.
29. Socialtjänstkommittén (1994). Ny socialtjänstlag [New social services law]. Huvudbetänkande av Socialtjänstkommittén. SOU 1994:139. Angered, Graphic Systems.
30. Spruit, IP (1999). Ecstasy use and policy responses in the Netherlands. Journal of Drug Issues 29: 653-677.
31. VWS (Ministerie van volksgezondheid, welzijn en sport) [The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport] (2001). Progress report on the drug policy of the Netherlands. The Hague.