If you are looking for an incisive and highly readable account of current research and debates in the field of drugs and substance misuse, then this is the book for you.
Written by a leading researcher and commentator, the A-Z of Substance Misuse and Drug Addiction succinctly encapsulates the key ideas in policy and practice which dominate the addictions field. Expertly organised into just over 70 entries, the book offers numerous cross-references to help you steer a path between connecting ideas. An impressive range of contemporary references accompany the entries, enabling you to dig deeper into the extensive multidisciplinary literature.
International in scope and covering legal and illegal drugs, this is an ideal gateway text and companion for students, trainees, practitioners and researchers studying or working in the substance misuse and addictions fields.
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AA, see Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
abstinence, 21, 142, 144, 145
ACMD, see Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD)
addiction, 1–4, 7, 154
as brain disease, 2
as chronic relapsing condition, 14–16
gateway thesis, 60–3
identity and, 76–8
as language game, 1–2
maturing out of, 92–3
medical model of, 34–6
opium, 80–1
research, 71–2, 150–5
stigmatization of, 170–4
treatment, 29
treatment of, 2, 7–9, 190–2
adolescents
see also young people
gateway thesis and, 60–3
Adriaans, Nico, 198
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), 86, 112
aerial spraying, 46
AIDS, 73
see also HIV
Albers, Elliot Ross, 198–9
alcohol, 4–6, 89
celebrity use of, 11–14
driving and, 38
prevalance of use, 124
alcohol addiction, see addiction
alcohol dependence
brief interventions for, 4, 7–9
as chronic relapsing condition, 14–16, 147
mental health problems and, 39–41
treatment for, 133
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 155, 192–4
alcoholism, 4–5, 17
as chronic relapsing condition, 14–16
identity and, 76–7
treatment, 192–4, 195–7
alcohol tax, 5
alcohol testing, 19
Alexander, Bruce, 2–3
Annan, Kofi, 32
antabuse, 4, 148
Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring programme, 28
Australia, 28, 37, 39, 48, 65, 66, 151, 160, 179
Babor, Thomas, 133
Barnard, Marina, 113
Becker, Howard, 84–6
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- How to use this book
- addiction
- brief interventions
- cannabis
- death
- education
- family
- gateway thesis
- harm reduction
- identity
- learning to become a marijuana user
- maturing out
- naloxone
- overdose
- parental drug use
- rapid assessment
- safe injecting centres
- testing
- UKATT
- zero tolerance
- References
- Index
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