How to trigger an epidemic: A U-turn in Hungarian drug policy and its public health consequences
How to trigger an epidemic: A U-turn in Hungarian drug policy and its public health consequences
Author(s): Iga Kender-JeziorskaSubject(s): Politics, Public Administration, Public Law, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Uniwersytet Ignatianum w Krakowie
Keywords: drug policy; harm reduction; needle and syringe exchange programs; Hungary; local politics
Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to investigate and describe the developments of Hungarian drug policy in 1993-2018 with special emphasis on harm reduction and its local dimension as well as public health consequences of studied policies. It attempts to link the changes in drug harm reduction policies to broader political changes in the country.
Journal: Horyzonty Polityki
- Issue Year: 9/2018
- Issue No: 29
- Page Range: 25-43
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English