Matters of Substance: Drugs-And Why Everyone's A User - Hardcover

Edwards, Griffith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 031233883X ISBN 13: 9780312338831

Verlag: Thomas Dunne Books, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

Presented by an editor of the journal Addiction, an analysis of the ways in which drugs are controlled throughout the world evaluates drug use and abuse in a societal context that considers contemporary beliefs about personal freedom, pleasure, and globalization.

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Griffith Edwards set up the Addiction Research Unit in 1967, a research group that grew into what is now Britain's National Addiction Centre. He has advised the British Department of Health, Home Office, and Cabinet Office on aspects of drug and alcohol policy, as well as the World Health Organization. He set up research projects in Africa and Latin America, and acted as consultant to the White House Special Action Office on drug abuse. He is currently commissioning editor of the international scientific journal Addiction and emeritus professor of addiction behavior at the Institute of Psychiatry, London.

Griffith Edwards set up the Addiction Research Unit in 1967, a research group that grew into what is now Britain's National Addiction Centre. He has advised the British Department of Health, Home Office, and Cabinet Office on aspects of drug and alcohol policy, as well as the World Health Organization. He set up research projects in Africa and Latin America, and acted as consultant to the White House Special Action Office on drug abuse. He is currently commissioning editor of the international scientific journal Addiction and emeritus professor of addiction behavior at the Institute of Psychiatry, London.

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Praise for Matters of Substance

"Probably the most sensible and readable book informing drug policy ever written...as useful to lay readers as it is to researchers, clinicians, and policy makers. This is 'drug education' at its best--an extraordinarily well-written book that belongs in high school libraries, on university reading lists across disciplines, on the desks of policy makers, and in treatment centers."
- Constance Weisner, DrPH, MSW, professor of psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco

"An impressive blend of erudition, experience, and common sense...an invaluable resource."
- Marc A. Schuckit, M.D., distinguished professor of psychiatry, School of Medicine University of California, San Diego; director, Alcohol Research Center, VA San Diego Healthcare System

"Experts in the addiction field will recognize wisdom in these pages."
- Keith Humphreys, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Thomas Dunne Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 031233883X
• ISBN 13: 9780312338831
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 314
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar