Addiction research in a wealthy nation: is there an expanding German research presence?

Addiction research in Germany makes progress ‐ however, it has a long way to go to contribute significantly to the international community of research and care

“…Five years ago an outline was proposed concerning the question of whether there is any expanding German contribution to addiction research. 1 One conclusion in 1995 was that this wealthy nation had neglected problems of addiction and related research over decades, but that there is hope of changing this situation by new grants available. Today, on several grounds much inertia still exists.…”