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A Social Welfare Policy Analysis of Substance Abuse in the Russian Federation

abstract: The implementation of substance abuse treatment policy is ambiguous in the Russian Federation. Though policies are in place, financial responsibility and best practice procedures are largely overlooked by the Russian government. The purpose of this thesis is to conduct a policy analysis of the Russian Federation Federal Law, On Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, adopted December 10, 1997. Amendments and additions to this law are integrated. Utilizing Gilbert and Terrell’s (2005) elements of an analytic social policy, including allocation, provision, delivery, and finance, the extent of substance abuse treatment provision is analyzed in the Russian context. Result indicate limited Russian government provision of detoxification for drug and alcohol users, with a nearly absent continuum required for true rehabilitation. The Russian government must provide harm reduction measurements to protect the population from HIV/AIDS. Involving the Russian Orthodox Church in advocacy for the implementation of harm reduction measures is recommended. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Social Work 2017

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:44093
Date January 2017
ContributorsRegan, Holly Duffy (Author), Androff, David (Advisor), Ferguson-Colvin, Kristin (Committee member), Klimek, Barbara (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMasters Thesis
Format43 pages
Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved

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