Drug Use in Australia
Published on 1. February 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-19-554126-7 (ISBN)
Description
Who does not take drugs? Most people drink a little alcohol, puff on tobacco and drink a cup of tea or coffee. Drugs are with us everyday yet discussions about them are fraught with common misunderstandings and myths. This book looks at the social history of drug use, relating how they have been seen in the USA, UK and Australia in the last 200 years. The bio-social and cultural context of drug use is outlined. It also covers the various ways in which a harm minimisation approach can be used in responding to drug use.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Melbourne
Australia
Publishing group
Oxford University Press Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
illustrations
ISBN-13
978-0-19-554126-7 (9780195541267)
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Content
The Contributors. Acknowledgments. Preface. List of Abbreviations. 1: Ernie Lang: Drugs in Society: A Social History. Part 1: The Bio-Social and Cultural Context of Drug Use. 2: Greg Whelan: The Pharmacological Dimension of Psychoactive Drugs. 3: Anne-Marie Laslett and Greg Rumbold: The Epidemiology of Australian Drug Use. 4: Alan Kellehear and Stefan Cvetkovski: Grand Theories of Drug Use. 5: Michelle Keenan: The Social Context of Drug Use. 6: Bridget Fitzgerald: The Private World of the Drug Abuser: Psychological Theories. 7: Jenny Davis: Alcohol and Aboriginal Society: Is Racism dead in the Alcohol and Drug Field?. 8: Nadine Ezard: Hannah's Story: Perspectives on Women's Drug Use. 9: Peta Odgers: Adolescent Substance Use. Part 2: Responding to Drug Use and Problem Drug Use. 10: Greg Rumbold and Margaret Hamilton: Addressing Drug Problems: The Case for Harm Minimisation. 11: Trevor King: The Search for Rationality in Illicit Drug Policy. 12: Jozica Kutin: Law Enforcement and Harm Minimisation. 13: Roger Pugh and Gerard Jones: Study in Harm Minimisation. 14: Paul Dietze: Strategies for the Prevention of Alcohol and other Drug-Related Harm. 15: Neil Mellow: Intersectorial and Community Approaches to Alcohol and Drug Problems. 16: Janet Carnegie: Education and Training. 17: Nik Lintzeris and Phoebe Spry-Bailey: Harm Minimisation with Problem Users. 18: Alison Ritters and Nik Lintzeris: Specialist Interventions. 19: Nik Lintzeris: Drug Use and Policy in Australia: Limitations and Possibilities. 20: Paul Dietze, Amanda Lanagan and David Thornton: Demystifying the Language of Drugs: A Glossary of Terms