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Author:   Margaret Hamilton ,  etc.
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Australia
Imprint:   OUP Australia and New Zealand
Weight:   0.509kg
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9780195541267

ISBN 10:   019554126
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 February 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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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

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