Carl Latkin on Mukta Sharma and Anindya Chatterjee's “Failure of Substance Use Interventions: Perspectives from Asia”

Abstract

The paper by Mukta Sharma and Anindya Chatterjee documents the dearth of effective treatments for substance abuse and misuse and the complete failure of a criminal justice approach to effectively addressing substance use and associated harms in many Asian countries. They also document the lack of treatment for other mental health disorders.