Drug Use, Public Debate and Increasing Pressures for a Drug Policy Reform in Finland
Pekka Hakkarainen Heini Kainulainen
Chapter from the book: Tham, H. 2021. Retreat or Entrenchment?: Drug Policies in the Nordic Countries at a Crossroads.
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Chapter from the book: Tham, H. 2021. Retreat or Entrenchment?: Drug Policies in the Nordic Countries at a Crossroads.
The situation in Finland is marked by a redistribution of labour between social and health care and criminal control policy. Attitudes are changing especially among the young, authorities are speaking out against the zero-tolerance policy, but there is also resistance to change. The situation is open.
Hakkarainen P. & Kainulainen H. 2021. Drug Use, Public Debate and Increasing Pressures for a Drug Policy Reform in Finland. In: Tham, H (ed.), Retreat or Entrenchment?. Stockholm: Stockholm University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/bbo.c
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Published on Nov. 29, 2021