| dc.description.abstract | This study was prompted by one main consideration; namely,
that the non-medical use of drugs is increasingly seen - rightly
or wrongly - as a major social and public health problem in
Kenya, affecting not only the users/abusers themselves but also
their families and society as a whole. In other words, what the
WHO has been saying for. over a decade about trends in the world
as a whole is seen to be increasingly reflected in the specific
case of Kenya. Our concern was that the precise character and
magnitude of the drug problem in Kenya has yet to be adequately
documented. Much of what now passes for 'hard' evidence seems to
us little more than guesswork. At best, the question of ho uses/
abuses what drug type in Kenya, to what extent and in what situation
has only partially been addressed - often with poorly developed
research tools. | en |
