Drug use and public policies: indicators and trends in 1999

Each of these reports brings about the opportunity to indulge in a subtle practice, which implies appreciating tendencies in the field of drugs, drug use, their consequences, and the public policies settled in order to face them. 

This year, a change in viewpoints makes this practice stand out. 

Actually, the OFDT observational mission has been recently enlarged to the use of alcohol, tobacco, and psychoactive medicines. 

Therefore, the report takes into account this extension of the observational field. However, putting data in perspective on a global level was not always possible, especially when it came to evaluating the indicators and tendencies. 

The breakdown presented here follows the same logic, inasmuch as the whole psychoactive substances are accounted for, with a particular emphasis on illicit drugs.