DUGiDocsPolítica de drogas ilegales en España: la opinión de los profesionales del ámbito sanitario y del legal = Illicit drug policy in Spain: the opinion of health and legal professionals
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The high frequency of criminal behaviour and related legal problems
associated with substance addiction generates a field of interaction
between legal and healthcare systems.
This study was developed as a multicentre project to investigate the
opinions of professionals from legal and healthcare systems about
policies on illegal drugs and their implementation in practice. A
multiple choice questionnaire designed ad hoc was administered to a
sample of 230 professionals from legal and healthcare fields working
in the cities of Barcelona, Granada and Bilbao. The questionnaire
included sociodemographic and work-related data, and assessed
interviewees’ information about the response to drug-related crime
and opinion on drug policy issues. This article presents the results
from Spain.
The main results showed that both groups of professionals value
alternative measures to imprisonment (AMI) as useful tools to prevent
offenses related to drug use and claim a broader application of AMI.
They also evaluated positively the regulations on cannabis use in
effect. Though the attitude of healthcare professionals towards the
application of AMI is more permissive, both groups favour restricting
these sanctions in cases of recidivism. Both groups show mild
satisfaction with the current addiction healthcare system and express
dissatisfaction with actual drug policies in Spain
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