Proceedings of the seminar organised by the co-operation Group to Combate Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs (Pompidou Group).- Strasbourg (France), 12-14 October 1998

The Pompidou Group. Presentations: Drug use and crime among juveniles. An international perspective / Martin Killias. The role played by the police in drug misusers' first contact with the criminal justice system / Eva Bränmark. Provisional suspension of proceedings and drug misusers / João Luís Moraes Rocha. Drug treatment and criminal justice in the United Kingdom / Paul Hayes. The role of the defence lawyer / Réginald de Beco. Written communications: The role of the criminal justice system in drug control / Oskar Katholnigg. The first contact of drug abusers with the criminal system and alternative measures to imprisonment / Maria Clara Rodrigues. Alternative measures to imprisonment: the portuguese experience / Maria Clara Lopes Albino. Alternative measures to imprisonment: the dutch approach / Nico Schaar. The role of the social and medical services and the defence counsel in the Netherlands in avoiding imprisonment / Brigit Roodtveldt. Juvenile delinquency and drugs in Germany / Iris Gross. New legislation concerning drug possesion in the Czech Republic / Ladislav Gawlik. Greece: situation report / Mata Markellou. Hungary: Situation report / Katalin Szomor. Poland: situation report / Mariusz Skowronski. Slovak Republic: situation report / Vladimir Turan. United Kingdom: situation report / John Glaze.