We may be fairly familiar today with the role drugs (use and trafficking) play among the population, particularly the most marginalized segments of society (excluded among the excluded, drug addicts with AIDS, characterized by a tenuous connection with social networks and health care structures), but we know very little about segments that are well integrated socially and economically – what are called in France the middle and upper classes and in Anglo-Saxon countries “hidden populations”.[15] Almost a decade ago, Ehrenberg (1991, 1992) suggests a number of ways of linking drug use to social mindsets to encourage people to give up drugs ...[+++] for good.[16]

“Promotion of Mental Health and Well-being of Children and Young People – Making it Happen”, Stockholm, 29-30 September 2009; “Prevention of Depression and Suicide – Making it Happen”, Budapest, 10-11 December 2009; „Mental Health and Well-Being in Older People – Making it Happen”, Madrid, 28-29 June 2010; “Promoting Social Inclusion and Combating Stigma for Better Mental Health and Well-being”, Lisbon, 8-9 November 2010; “Promoting Mental Health and Well-being at Workplaces”, Berlin, 3-4 March 2011.

Whilst the EU and the Member States’ must remain fully committed to the issue of language-learning, the EESC considers that a directive on this issue should go much further and encompass other aspects, if it intends to be a tool for achieving the social, economic and political integration of migrants and their children.

At SDC these include: the $223 million multilateral framework for labour market agreements for persons with disabilities, through which SDC provides funding for provincial programs and services to help working-age adults with disabilities to prepare for, find, and keep employment; the $30 million Opportunities Fund, which assists people with disabilities in their efforts to prepare for, obtain, or maintain employment or to become self-employed; the social development partnerships program, disability component, which aims to increase the capacity of the disability community to promote the social well-being of people with disabilities; ...[+++]and the CPP disability vocational rehabilitation program, which is designed to help clients reintegrate successfully into the labour market.

We should also raise the question of how well technical progress is or will be integrated in order to ensure optimal social protection of drivers.

Oh, prescribed drugs.Well, obviously opiates are dangerous both acutely and in the long term, acutely because it is possible to cause death by an overdose by suppressing respiration, and chronically, because addiction is well known with opioids and has important effects not only upon health but upon social function and social integration.