[On professional formation in the field of substance abuse and other related problems. Tales from practice]

It is my intention to give proof of my experience as a professional teacher, program supervisor and services and as a responsible for projects related to investigation in the drug-dependence field for more than 30 years. This is no more than a narration of my experience; it's up to you, readers, to draw your own conclusions. And for those who are connected to the subject, to reach the possibility to debate in the frame of institutional and political decisions oriented to professional formation and investigation facing a problem so complex as to be difficult to understand in this time.