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Drug Use in Australian Society
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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. It introduces the history of drug use in Australian society and outlines theoretical perspectives. It also explores: the rates of drug use and harms, drug use as framed in the media and popular culture, drugs and the internet, and public policy
responses to drug use, including prevention, treatment, legal issues, regulation and policing.


Contents:

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


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ISBN-13: 9780190306458
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP Australia and New Zealand)
Publication date: October, 2017
Pages: 400
Dimensions: 170.00 x 246.00 x 21.00
Weight: 700g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Addictions and Therapy, Public Health

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