Addiction Debates
Hot Topics from Policy to Practice
1st Edition
Published on 25. October 2019
Book
Hardback
136 pages
978-1-5264-9576-1 (ISBN)
Description
Addiction Debates explores the tumultuous landscape of addiction research, policy and practice. Covering all the 'hot topics' of the day in a balanced and informative manner, Comiskey provides international perspectives on each topic, stimulating debate and discussion via the different approaches taken globally.
Considering the complexities of debates around legalisation, rehabilitation, abstinence, harm reduction, and the current opioid epidemic, this SAGE Swift also looks into the health and social concerns related to drug consumption. Less-often debated topics include the ageing population of people who use drugs, the rights of the child of parents who use drugs, and the pressure these unique factors put on public health and associated services. A relevant text for a range of disciplines and people, sure to inform, challenge and continue the debate.
Considering the complexities of debates around legalisation, rehabilitation, abstinence, harm reduction, and the current opioid epidemic, this SAGE Swift also looks into the health and social concerns related to drug consumption. Less-often debated topics include the ageing population of people who use drugs, the rights of the child of parents who use drugs, and the pressure these unique factors put on public health and associated services. A relevant text for a range of disciplines and people, sure to inform, challenge and continue the debate.
Reviews / Votes
Catherine Comiskey's book tackles the current debates and controversies in the field of substance use head-on, in a way that is provocative, theoretically sophisticated, and solidly grounded in data. This is the book I've been looking for to use in classes with advanced undergraduates and post-doctoral trainees, as well as to recommend to colleagues who lament how difficult it is to stay current with the rapidly evolving trends in substance use and related policies. This book fulfills a need to understand the "big issues" in the field of addiction research and policy, as well as being a pleasure to read. -- Professor Christine GrellaMore details
Series
Edition
First edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
298 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5264-9576-1 (9781526495761)
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E-Book
09/2019
1st Edition
SAGE Publications Ltd
€69.49
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E-Book
09/2019
1st Edition
SAGE Publications Ltd
€69.49
Available for download
Person
Professor Catherine Comiskey, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin. Professor Comiskey has over 20 years research and lecturing experience in statistics and mathematics applied to healthcare and her personal research interests are in substance use, child wellbeing and innovation. In 2017 she was elected by EU members as Vice Chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, a committee with a legal remit from the EU. She has also served as an EU expert on the Scientific Committee of the EU′s European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Portugal. In 2017, Catherine was invited by Minister Byrne to be the sole academic expert on the National Drug Strategy Implementation Committee, and from 2014 to 2017 she was invited by Minister Varadkar to serve on the Oversight Forum on Drugs.
Content
Chapter 1: The Motions for Debate
Chapter 2: Prohibition, Decriminalisation or Legalisation: The Cannabis Conundrum
Chapter 3: Towards Treatment and Harm Reduction, or Recovery and Rehabilitation
Chapter 4: Medically Supervised Safe Injecting Facilities, Drug Consumption Rooms and Local Communities
Chapter 5: Hidden Harms and the Children of Parents Who Use Substances
Chapter 6: Premature Ageing, Chronic Illness and Caring for People Who Use Drugs
Chapter 7: Trade Wars: The Opiate Epidemic, Overdose and Naloxone
Chapter 8: The Future of Addiction Research, Policy and Practice: Challenges and Opportunities
Chapter 9: This House Concludes and Presents a Conceptual Framework for Future Development
Chapter 2: Prohibition, Decriminalisation or Legalisation: The Cannabis Conundrum
Chapter 3: Towards Treatment and Harm Reduction, or Recovery and Rehabilitation
Chapter 4: Medically Supervised Safe Injecting Facilities, Drug Consumption Rooms and Local Communities
Chapter 5: Hidden Harms and the Children of Parents Who Use Substances
Chapter 6: Premature Ageing, Chronic Illness and Caring for People Who Use Drugs
Chapter 7: Trade Wars: The Opiate Epidemic, Overdose and Naloxone
Chapter 8: The Future of Addiction Research, Policy and Practice: Challenges and Opportunities
Chapter 9: This House Concludes and Presents a Conceptual Framework for Future Development