This book reports on the findings of an empirical study on the situation of drug users, their consumption patterns and drug spending for the five most common illegal drugs, i.e. heroin, cocaine, amphetamines, ecstasy and cannabis.
The book describes and quantifies the large socioeconomic changes that have occurred in four new Member States of the European Union (Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovenia), since the early 1990s.
‘Binge’ drinking by young people is a social problem that has spread across Europe. The focus of concern has been on their drinking and on the behaviours and harms associated with it in relation to public health, public safety and public order.
Leading experts examined welfare across countries and social policy domains. This is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art account of the progress that has been made since 1989, and the main challenges for welfare state regimes in Central and Eastern Europe.
