[Current drug policies: the Geneva example].

Abstract

During the last few years, drug policies have been at the center of passionate debates and have been developed in different ways, according to the country or, in Switzerland, the canton. The concept of risk reduction strategy emerged. This article reviews the international literature on the development of this concept and of the prevention and treatment strategies derived from it. The implementation of such a concept is illustrated by the recent developments of drug policy in the canton of Geneva.