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With 1.7 million citizens, Hamburg accounts for roughly a tenth of the German drug problem (Germany having 60 million inhabitants in the west and 20 million in the cast). This over-proportionate share of drug users is also accompanied by an unusually liberal (for Germany) drugs policy. Mayor Voscherau has a nationwide reputation for being the first German politician to promote a policy of decriminalisation. Hamburg is, therefore, rather unique in the German drug scene.
The views expressed here arc those of the author and not necessarily those of the Hamburg Department of Interior.
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Alpheis, H. (1996). Hamburg: Handling an Open Drug Scene. In: Dorn, N., Jepsen, J., Savona, E. (eds) European Drug Policies and Enforcement. Confederation of European Economic Associations Conference Volumes. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24619-9_4
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