YOUTH AND DRUGS (FROM FRONTIERE OF REPRESSION, PART 2, MORALS, DRUGS - SEE NCJ-28524)

• NCJ Number: 28533
• Author(s): G DEBOCK
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 46 pages
• Corporate Author: Parc Leopold
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: French
• Country: Belgium
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. PAPER PRESENTED AT CRIMINOLOGY CONGRESS, BRUSSELS, MARCH 15-18, 1972

Annotation

GENERAL EVALUATION OF DRUG ABUSE BY JUVENILES AND YOUNG ADULTS IN BELGIUM ON THE BASIS OF STATISTICS FROM THE BELGIAN CRIMINAL POLICE, THE BRUSSELS CITY POLICE, YOUTH DEPARTMENTS, DRUG LAWS, AND LITERATURE ON THE SUBJECT.

Abstract

DRUG USERS ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE POPULATION AGED 17 TO 23, OF WHOM A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE ARE FOREIGNERS. CANNABIS ACCOUNTS FOR MOST OF THE DRUG CONSUMPTION IN THE COUNTRY. THE CAUSES OF DRUG USE ARE ATTRIBUTED TO THE PROBLEMS OF ADOLESCENCE AS WELL AS THE PUBLICITY OF THE MASS MEDIA. THIS STUDY WAS A CONTRIBUTION OF THE SEMINAR ON THE SOCIAL AND LEGAL PROTECTION OF YOUTH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GHENT, BELGIUM TO THE CRIMINOLOGICAL CONGRESS ORGANIZED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR SOCIOLOGY OF THE FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS, BELGIUM. --IN FLEMISH