European drug policies and enforcement / edited by Nicholas Dorn, Jorgen Jepsen, and Ernesto Savona.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Local, National, Pan-European, International / Nicholas Dorn, Jorgen Jepsen and Ernesto Savona -- 1. Copenhagen: A War on Socially Marginal People / Jorgen Jepsen -- 2. London: 'Community Damage Limitation' through Policing? / Maggy Lee -- 3. Hamburg: Handling an Open Drug Scene / Hannes Alpheis -- 4. Southern England, Drugs and Music: Policing the Impossible? / Andrew Fraser and Michael George -- 5. The Netherlands: Tightening Up of the Cafes Policy / Liesbeth Horstink-Von Meyenfeldt -- 6. Sweden: Zero Tolerance Wins the Argument? / Leif Lenke and Borje Olsson -- 7. Italy: 'Mafia-dominated Drug Market'? / Ada Becchi -- 8. Denmark and the Nordic Union: Regional Pressures in Policy Development / Lau Laursen -- 9. The EU, Home Affairs and 1996: Intergovernmental Convergence or Confederal Diversity? / Nicholas Dorn -- 10. Drug Control in a Federal System: Zurich, Switzerland / Hermann Fahrenkrug --

11. Intergovernmental Cooperation on Drug Control: Debates on Europol / Cyrille Fijnaut -- 12. Money Laundering, the Developed Countries and Drug Control: the New Agenda / Ernesto Savona -- 13. Drug Trafficking, Laundering and Neo-Liberal Economics: Perverse Effects for a Developing Country / Humberto Campodonico -- 14. Borderline Criminology: External Drug Policies of the EU / Nicholas Dorn.

Drug problems present sharp challenges for policing and democracy in the European Union. Across Europe, there has been a 'harmonisation' of tougher anti-trafficking measures (exceptional legal powers, more intrusive policing methods, cooperation on intelligence). Yet there is diversity in national and city-level policies on drug users (often stressing social integration rather than punishment).