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CEDRO,Centre for Drug Research, UvA!
Posted by FoM on April 24, 1999 at 10:13:38 PT
Source: CEDRO
The Centre for Drugs Research, (CEDRO), was established in 1996 as a department of the School of Environmental Sciences (Faculteit der Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen), at the University of Amsterdam. Although drug research has been carried out at this faculty for a long time, a separate official research group, currently consisting of five persons, was created only recently. 
CEDRO's goal is the determination of various aspects of the drug problem from a socio-scientific angle. The Centre mainly relies on outside funding. Due to the outstanding reputation of its researchers as well as the special position held by Amsterdam and the Netherlands in the field of international drug research, CEDRO has gained much esteem in the scientific community and might become even more renowned in the years to come.CEDRO: a brief historyCEDRO indirectly came forth from the 'drug research program, ('onderzoeksprogramma drugsbeleid'). This program was started in 1983 at the former 'Instituut voor de Wetenschap der Andragogie (IWA)', at the University of Amsterdam, and lasted until 1988. It was initiated by the City of Amsterdam; partly financed by the former Ministry of WVC, (Ministry of Welfare, Public Health and Cultural Affairs), the Home Office and the Prevention Fund. The program incorporated a manifold of socio-scientific research disciplines, such as: psychology, criminology, human geography, anthropology, and medical sociology. Two researchers from the Faculty of Law carried out a part-time study of the Amsterdam drug market. The study of 'non-deviant' cocaine use, conducted at the School of Environmental Sciences, was also a part of this research project. The population studies which, nowadays, are such an important part of the research portfolio, took place at the same time with a prevalence study among the population of Amsterdam, 12 years and over.http://www.frw.uva.nl/cedro/aboutuk.html This link will take you to the complete article and the above link will take you to CEDRO's Home Page!
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