title: Drugs in East Germany.
abstract: Germany was divided into two parts after World War II. The closed border and a nonconvertible currency in the Eastern part were the factors that did not allow a drug market to develop. Alcohol and medicaments were used as substitute drugs. Since Germany was reunified 5 years ago, there are now the same conditions prevailing for the procurement and sale of drugs in East Germany as there are in the Western German states. This report describes the current state of drug traffic, especially in Saxony, under the new social conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Medical School, Technical University of Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dressler
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000662:Amphetamines; D002188:Cannabis; D003042:Cocaine; D005260:Female; D005859:Germany, East / Q000453:epidemiology; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009294:Narcotics; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality
chemical_list: D000662:Amphetamines; D009294:Narcotics; D003042:Cocaine