Abstract

The aim of this paper is to assess to what extent prohibitive drug policies hamper the management of drug problems from the perspective of young people who have experience with the criminal justice systems (CJS). Qualitative, in-depth interviews were carried out in six European countries (Austria, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Poland, and the UK) following a common interview guide to obtain comparative data on the life trajectories of drug experienced youth. Altogether 198 interviews with people aged 14–25 years were collected and analysed by national teams following a common coding book. Unintended consequences of drug policies for the individual and society were identified. Individual consequences included health consequences and traumatic experiences with law enforcement. Social consequences included those affecting social relations such as stigmatisation and those impacting on institutions, for example, focusing on drug use and neglecting other problems. This paper confirmed earlier research indicating unintended consequences of prohibitive drug policies but also added to the literature its cross-national perspective and use of young people narratives as a source of analyses. There are, however, policy measures available that may reduce the volume and range of unintended effects. Their implementation is crucial to reduce the array of unintended consequences of prohibitive drug policies.

摘要

本文的目的是从具有刑事司法系统经验的年轻人的角度评估禁毒政策在多大程度上阻碍了毒品问题的管理。根据共同的采访指南，在六个欧洲国家（奥地利，丹麦，德国，意大利，波兰和英国）进行了定性，深入的采访，以获取有关有毒品经历的青年人的生活轨迹的比较数据。国家小组根据一本共同的编码手册，对14至25岁的人们进行了198次访谈，并进行了分析。查明了毒品政策对个人和社会的意想不到的后果。个人后果包括健康后果和执法方面的创伤经历。社会后果包括那些影响社会关系（例如受到侮辱）和影响机构的影响（例如，集中于毒品使用和忽视其他问题）。这篇论文证实了较早的研究，表明了禁毒政策的意想不到的后果，但同时也将其跨国视角和年轻人叙事的使用作为文献来源增加了文献研究。但是，有可用的政策措施可以减少意外影响的数量和范围。它们的实施对于减少禁毒政策的意外后果至关重要。这篇论文证实了较早的研究，表明了禁毒政策的意想不到的后果，但同时也将其跨国视角和年轻人叙事的使用作为文献来源增加了文献研究。但是，有可用的政策措施可以减少意外影响的数量和范围。它们的实施对于减少禁毒政策的意外后果至关重要。这篇论文证实了较早的研究，表明了禁毒政策的意想不到的后果，但同时也将其跨国视角和年轻人叙事的使用作为文献来源增加了文献研究。但是，有可用的政策措施可以减少意外影响的数量和范围。它们的实施对于减少禁毒政策的意外后果至关重要。