Resumen de Report of the Expert Group on Drug Abuse Reduction
An Expert Group on Drug Abuse Reduction, meeting at Vienna from 6 to 10 September 1982, indicated that effective approaches to the prevention and reduction of drug abuse should be based on an integrated strategy that harmonized a variety of measures and interventions; isolated measures were found to be seldom effective. It was also essential to promote positive alternatives to drug abuse. The full involvement of concerned non-governmental organizations, as well as the mobilization of community resources in programmes on prevention and reduction of drug abuse, held great potential. Information and educational and training programmes should be carefully designed for specific audiences. The training of personnel who could contribute to preventing and reducing drug abuse was most effective when carried out in a working environment and merited continued effort and the deployment of additional resources. All resources for the prevention and reduction of illicit demand for drugs should be allocated in response to identified needs and should aim at realistic targets. The use of these resources and their effects should be evaluated and monitored at all stages of their application.
* The following experts participated in the group : Yasmeen Ahmed, Clinical Psychologist, Psychiatry Ward, Civic Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan : Amechi Anumonye, Professor of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria ; Dorothy Black, Department of Health and Social Security, Alexander Fleming House, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern lreland : Gerhard Behringer, Project Director, Addiction Research Group, Max-Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany : Carmen Garcia Linan, Centros de lntegración Juvenil, A. C., Mexico City, Mexico: Robert Philip Irwin, Chairman, Department of Health Studies, School of Education, Canberra College of Advanced Education, Belconnen, Australia : Richard Lindblad, Associate Director for Policy and Programme Development, National lnstitute on Drug Abuse, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America ; and Udomsil Srisangnam, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. In addition, two persons took part as observers : Minoru Shikita, Chief, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch, Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria : and Nicole Friderich, Chief, Section of Education Concerning the Problems Associated with the Use of Drugs, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris.
