Drug maturity

Drug consent is a conceptual concept in drug policy . The term was used by Gundula Barsch , a member of the former Drugs and Addiction Commission in the Federal Ministry of Health .

"The counterpart to addiction and excessive consumption is not abstinence, but drug maturity."

- Gundula Barsch : Statement of the Drugs and Addiction Commission on improving addiction prevention from the Federal Ministry of Health , 2002, page 45

According to Persch, the four pillars of responsible, integrated and autonomously controlled drug use are:

• Risk management
• Critical ability
• Pleasure ability
• Drug knowledge

The term is mainly discussed in German-speaking countries. In the social discourse of many other countries, e.g. B. in the United States , considerations to promote risk literacy among drug users and in this way to make drug use socially acceptable and socially acceptable, currently hardly play a role.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Intoxication as risk and challenge - prevention en route ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Janosch Weibel et al .: Risk competence and drug empowerment in the area of ​​tension between the ability to criticize and the ability to enjoy: Literature analysis and recommendations for the practice of addiction prevention , published by the Addiction Prevention Center of the City of Zurich (PDF; 1.0 MB)
• Interview with Gundula Barsch about the concept of drug maturity

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