Journal Articles

The following abstracts are cited from recently published journal articles relating to the drugs situation in Ireland.

Identifying effective approaches to creating coherent policies regarding licit and illicit drugs has been the priority of the Pompidou Group during its 2010–14 work programme. It has produced four reports on the subject. The third report, published in 2012, proposed six markers around which the concept of coherency may be said to develop:¹

1. conceptualisation of the policy problem
2. policy context
3. legislative and regulatory frameworks
4. strategic frameworks
5. responses/interventions
6. structures and resources