Tobolska-Rydz H
Bull Narc. 1986 Jan-Jun;38(1-2):99-104.
An increasing abuse of drugs emerged among young people in Poland at the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s. According to information provided by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, there are currently 35,000 drug abusers, but the actual number is estimated at approximately 200,000. The abuse of extract from poppy straw and the inhalation of volatile solvents, such as glue and paint remover, are the major drug abuse problems. Addicts prepare a decoction of poppy straw for injection, and morphine and heroin have been clandestinely manufactured in very elementary home-made laboratories. Recently, methamphetamine hydrochloride and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) have also been illicitly produced in such home-made laboratories. The increasing drug abuse problem has prompted the authorities to prepare new complementary drug control legislation, the Act on the Prevention of Narcotic Addiction, which was adopted on 31 January 1985. The Act provides for more effective preventive and treatment measures, as well as severe punishment for involvement in illicit drug trafficking. Treatment, rehabilitation and social reintegration of drug-dependent persons is provided on a voluntary basis, except for persons convicted of drug-related offences and for persons under 18 years of age, in which case treatment may be compulsory.
20世纪60年代末70年代初，波兰年轻人中吸毒现象日益泛滥。根据卫生和社会福利部提供的信息，目前有3.5万名吸毒者，但实际人数估计约为20万。滥用罂粟秆提取物以及吸入挥发性溶剂，如胶水和除漆剂，是主要的吸毒问题。吸毒者将罂粟秆熬制成汤剂用于注射，吗啡和海洛因曾在非常简陋的家庭实验室中秘密制造。最近，甲基苯丙胺盐酸盐和麦角酸二乙酰胺（LSD）也在这类家庭实验室中非法生产。日益严重的吸毒问题促使当局制定新的补充性毒品管制立法，即1985年1月31日通过的《预防麻醉品成瘾法》。该法规定了更有效的预防和治疗措施，以及对参与非法毒品贩运的严厉惩罚。除因毒品相关罪行被定罪的人和18岁以下的人外，对吸毒成瘾者的治疗、康复和重新融入社会是在自愿基础上提供的，在这种情况下，治疗可能是强制性的。
