"Impact of Addictive Substances and Behaviours on Individual and Societal Well-being outlines an innovative and fascinating new framework for understanding the harm that addictive substances and behaviours can cause. Taking a holistic approach and with well-being as a central tenet, it demonstrates how using different methods can lead to a more just and evidence-based approach to dealing with addictions. Presenting the latest and most c ..."
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"10 11 Contents List of contributors xi 1 Introduction to addictive behaviours 1
Peter Anderson, Jürgen Rehm, and Robin Room 2 Passive vulnerability or active
agency? An ecological and evolutionary perspective on human drug use 13
Roger J. Sullivan and Edward H. Hagen 3 What are addictive substances and
behaviours and how far do they extend? 37 Laura A. Schmidt 4 Well-being as a
framework for understanding addictive substances 53 La ..."
"Drug use represents a significant burden to public health through disease, disability and social problems, and policy makers are becoming increasingly interested in how to develop evidence-based drug policy. It is therefore crucial to strengthen the links between addiction science and drug policy. Drug Policy and the Public Good is collaboratively written by an international group of career scientists to provide an analytical basis on w ..."
"Two other case-control studies of oral squamous cell carcinoma, however, have
failed to find any association between cannabis use and oral cancers. Llewellyn
et al. (2004) failed to find any association between selfreported cannabis use and
oral cancers in a study of 116 cases (identified from a cancer register) and 207
age- and sex-matched controls (sampled from the same general practices as the
cases). Rosenblatt et al. also repo ..."
"Cannabis, marijuana, pot, ganja - it goes by many names ― is by far the most widely used illegal substance, and accounts for more arrests than any other drug. Barely a week goes by without this drug appearing in the newpapers, and politicians have famously tied themselve in knots, trying to decide just how to deal with this recreational drug. While there have been many drug policy books on other substances - both legal and illegal, few ..."
"Elizabeth Manton, Robin Room, Michael Thorn. allowed in, or increasing the size
of a venue, may not entirely address the problem of excessive crowding. Another
major factor determininglevels of crowding isthelayout of a venue, specifically
where keyfeatures arelocatedin relation to each other, which influences how
patrons move about the premises. Drawing on interviews withvenue
designersand operators, Koleczko and Hansen (23:17) re ..."
"Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity - Research and Public Policy Second Edition is a collaborative effort by an international group of addiction scientists to improve the linkages between addiction science and alcohol policy. It presents, in a comprehensive, practical, and readily accessible form, the accumulated scientific knowledge on alcohol research that has a direct relevance to the development of alcohol policy on local, national, and ..."
"Contribuye a colocar la investigación médica sobre la marihuana en un lugar prominente del debate político sobre el consumo de drogas. Se describe la marihuana, el régimen de control de drogas internacional y hace una breve reseña del consumo de la Cannabis en el mundo, incluyendo su uso médico."