Mental health impact of the war on drugs

M. Malliori; C. Golna; K. Souliotis; M. L. Kraus

doi:10.1192/S2056474000000404

BJPsych International (Aug 2015)

Mental health impact of the war on drugs

M. Malliori,
C. Golna,
K. Souliotis,
M. L. Kraus

Affiliations

M. Malliori: Athens University Medical School, Greece, email
C. Golna: Hepatitis B and C Public Policy Association, Maroussi, Greece, email
K. Souliotis: Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Peloponnese, Corinth, Greece, email
M. L. Kraus: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, email

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/S2056474000000404
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12
pp. 53 – 54

Abstract

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Further to the publication by the London School of Economics and Political Science of the report Ending the Drug Wars, this editorial focuses on the mental health impact of the ‘war on drugs' and on the need to end such policies in favour of evidence-based interventions to manage drug dependence as a health condition.

Published in BJPsych International

ISSN: 2056-4740 (Print); 2058-6264 (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system: Psychiatry
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-international

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