Japan and Illicit Drugs: A Neglected Success Story

Issue & Policy Briefs March 14, 2014, No. 148

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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