Alison Ritter, Trevor King, Nicole Lee

Drug Use in Australian Society

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written by leading experts, Drug Use in Australian Society, Second Edition brings together all the relevant concepts, theories and practices pertinent to understanding alcohol and other drug use in Australian society

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 165mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780190306458
• ISBN-10: 0190306459
• Artikelnr.: 50436715

Autorenporträt

Alison Ritter is the Director of the Drug Policy Modelling Program (DPMP) and Deputy Director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at the University of New South Wales. Trevor King is the Director of Programs at UnitingCare ReGen Alcohol and Drug Service. Nicole Lee is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University and director at 360Edge, a specialist consultancy for service and workforce development in the alcohol and other drug sector.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1. Introduction
* 2. Historical Perspectives on Drug Use and their Possible
Implications for the Future
* 3. Epidemiology: Analysing Patterns of Drug Use and Harms
* 4. Frameworks for Understanding Drug Use and Societal Responses
* 5. Images of Drugs in Popular Culture
* 6. Drugs and the Internet
* 7. Primary Prevention for Alcohol and Other Drug Use among Australian
Adolescents
* 8. Harm Reduction: Reducing the Harms from Drug Use
* 9. Drug Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy Treatments
* 10. Psychosocial Treatments for Drug Problems
* 11. Drug Laws and Regulations
* 12. Drug Law Enforcement: Reducing the Supply of Drugs
* 13. Making Drugs Policy: Policy Models and Influences on Policy
Processes