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SOME OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE PENALIZATION OF DRUG ABUSE IN EUROPE WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS REGARDING THE SITUATION IN ITALY

NCJ Number
133736
Journal
Communidad Y Drogas Issue: 16 Dated: (December 1990) Pages: 19-38
Author(s)
M E Zabarte
Date Published
1990
Length
20 pages
Annotation
This article reviews sentencing strategies for drug offenses in some European countries, with attention to recent changes in Italy.
Abstract
The supposed unanimity concerning the progressive criminal control of the drug supply is usually belied, in practice, by diverging forms of it. The same is true with drug-abuse behavior and the penalizing strategies applied. 4 notes

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