Japan and Illicit Drugs: A Neglected Success Story
Bert Edström
While having witnessed three so-called epidemics in its postwar history, the prevalence of drug abuse in Japan is in fact remarkably low compared to most other countries and constitutes a relatively unknown success story, one which could provide instructive lessons for other countries and anti-drug authorities to learn from.
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