Drugs and Alcohol Today: Volume 6 Issue 1

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What number 10 doesn't want you to know about drugs

Steve Rolles

Ever since the Prime Minister's leaked report on drug policy, the UK government has repeatedly refused to reveal its most damning figures on drug trafficking and failed efforts to…

Regaining control: a critique of drug legalisation policies

Alan Steel

Global drug control is coming under increasing criticism. Failures to stop or even reduce drug use and the increasing power of the black market highlight prohibition. Alan Steel…

Rural drug misuse ‐ practical responses and lateral thinking

Anni Stonebridge

Living in remote rural areas is a form of social exclusion. Some people travel hundreds of miles to make long awaited treatment appointments ‐ often missing them due to late or…

Towards a comprehensive theory of addiction

Robert West

Why do we behave as we do? The answer most of the time is, ‘because we think it will be in our best interests’. But this isn't always the case. Why? The most obvious reasons are…

Chinese traditional medicine as an effective pharmacological treatment for heroin addiction

Wei Wang

Chinese herbal medicine is effective in treating some addictions using, for example, aural acupuncture. Its application outside of China is limited due to a lack of clinical…

ISSN:

1745-9265

e-ISSN:

2042-8359

ISSN-L:

1745-9265

Online date, start – end:

2001 – 2022

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Editors:

  • Dr Axel Klein
  • Mr Blaine Stothard
  • Dr Aysel Sultan