Concept information
Preferred term
drug policy
Definition
- Drug policy covers an extensive range of governments' responses to the problem of illegal drugs. This entry will identify the drugs in question, explain the origins of national drug policy, examine the development of international drug policy, and identify the range of policies employed. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Drug Policy]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- anti-drug media campaigns
- cases in drug policy
- cost of drug and alcohol programs
- decriminalization
- drug analysis
- drug courts
- drug dependence
- drug laws
- drug laws and policies
- drug policy conventions
- drug prevention
- drug prevention programs
- drugs organizations and agencies
- drug testing
- drug trade and trafficking
- drug treatment programs
- harm reduction
- key people in drug policy
- treatment and addiction
- types of drugs
- US presidential administrations
- war on drugs
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/drug_policy
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