Mental health impact of the war on drugs

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

doi:10.1192/s2056474000000404

Mental health impact of the war on drugs

BJPsych Int. 2015 Aug 1;12(3):53-54. doi: 10.1192/s2056474000000404. eCollection 2015 Aug.

Authors

M Malliori¹, C Golna², K Souliotis³, M L Kraus⁴

Affiliations

¹ Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University Medical School, Greece, email [email protected].
² Scientific Director, Hepatitis B and C Public Policy Association, Maroussi, Greece, email [email protected].
³ Associate Professor of Health Policy, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Peloponnese, Corinth, Greece, email [email protected].
⁴ Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, email [email protected].

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Editorial