Publication: Understanding Swiss drug policy change and the introduction of heroin maintenance treatment
Understanding Swiss drug policy change and the introduction of heroin maintenance treatment
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Khan, R., Khazaal, Y., Thorens, G., Zullino, D., & Uchtenhagen, A. (2014). Understanding Swiss drug policy change and the introduction of heroin maintenance treatment. European Addiction Research, 20(4), 200–207. https://doi.org/10.1159/000357234
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Aims: The aim of this paper is to illustrate how Switzerland was able to play such a pioneering role in the field of addiction treatment, in creating a drug policy that includes the medical prescription of diacetylmorphine (heroin). The paper will also describe the role of knowledge brokering processes and coalition building in the different phases of the development of the Swiss drug policy. Discussion: The medical prescription of diacetylmorphine was the exotic element of the Swiss drug policy of 1991 and probably still is one of th
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- Khan, Riaz
- Khazaal, Yasser
- Thorens, Gabriel
- Zullino, Daniele
- Uchtenhagen, Ambros
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Khan, R., Khazaal, Y., Thorens, G., Zullino, D., & Uchtenhagen, A. (2014). Understanding Swiss drug policy change and the introduction of heroin maintenance treatment. European Addiction Research, 20(4), 200–207. https://doi.org/10.1159/000357234
