Download or read book From Mr Sin to Mr Big written by Desmond Manderson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling legal and social history of the origins and development of drug laws in Australia, Desmond Manderson traces, in a lively and irreverent style, the gradual politicization of the drug law debate. He argues that the selective enactment of drug laws has been driven by fear, racism, powerful international pressures, and the vested interests of the medical profession, bureaucrats, and politicians, rather than by genuine concerns about the welfare of users. Behind the controversy that surrounds illegal drug use lie previously unexamined assumptions about how and why certain substances, such as opium, heroin, and cannibis, have been prohibited, while others, namely tobacco and alcohol, have not. Manderson boldly challenges these assumptions, while evaluating the power and efficacy of law as a means of achieving social change.
Download or read book Drug Use in Australia written by Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drug Use in Australia: Preventing Harm examines policy, prevention, and treatment responses to drug use, and details the social, economic, and political contexts of these approaches. Key sociological, historical, and psychological theories are described, with attention to social groups such as Aboriginal people, young people, and women. The book draws together the historical, policy, treatment, and cultural issues of drugs and drug use, and includes community responses. It represents the most recent and up-to-date thinking and research across a broad range of drug issues affecting Australian society. The second edition of this highly regarded book has been substantially revised and updated in response to changes in the field and includes changes to drugs and drug use, treatments, and strategic approaches to policy and practice in Australian drug prevention. In challenging the prevailing and simplistic views about drugs and drug use in Australia, this unique and always engaging book offers insights into contemporary and emerging issues. Drug Use in Australia is the ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate students. It is also recommended for practitioners working in public health and allied disciplines such as welfare and law enforcement. Book jacket.
Download or read book Disease Control Priorities Third Edition Volume 4 written by Vikram Patel and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mental, neurological, and substance use disorders are common, highly disabling, and associated with significant premature mortality. The impact of these disorders on the social and economic well-being of individuals, families, and societies is large, growing, and underestimated. Despite this burden, these disorders have been systematically neglected, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, with pitifully small contributions to scaling up cost-effective prevention and treatment strategies. Systematically compiling the substantial existing knowledge to address this inequity is the central goal of this volume. This evidence-base can help policy makers in resource-constrained settings as they prioritize programs and interventions to address these disorders.
Download or read book Drug Use in Australia written by Margaret Hamilton and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work looks at the social history of drug use, relating how they have been seen in the USA, UK and Australia. The bio-social and cultural context of drug use is outlined. It also covers the various ways in which a harm minimization approach can be used in responding to drug use.
Download or read book Media Reporting on Illicit Drugs in Australia written by Caitlin Hughes and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Drugs Drinking and Recreational Drug Use in Australia written by Francis Antony Whitlock and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1980 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 2004 National Drug Strategy Household Survey written by and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Consuming Pleasure written by John Rainford and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drug-use.
Download or read book The Prevention of Substance Use Risk and Harm in Australia Monograph written by Wendy Loxley and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Consuming Pleasures written by John Rainford and published by Fremantle Press. This book was released on 2010-05-14 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the international and Australian history of both licit and illicit drug use, this investigation combines the topic of drug use with analyses of political power, the rise of the market, and social issues. It examines the way in which drug consumption is regulated in the era of global free trade by first looking at the start of the opium-growing industry and the racist origins of drug laws. Providing a social history of drug use through the lens of international politics, market forces, medicine, and race, this discussion also considers the paradox of contemporary, white Australian identity and an Australia as a nation of people whose per capita drug consumption often equals and surpasses that of most other nations.
Download or read book Inquiry Into the Impact of Illicit Drug Use on Families written by Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Family and Human Services and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents findings and recommendations of an inquiry into how the Australian Government can better address the impact of illicit drugs on families. It continues on from the report 'Road to recovery: report on the inquiry into substance abuse in Australian communities', by the previous Committee.
Download or read book Comparison of Patterns of Illicit Drug Use in Australia and the United States written by Jane Carlisle Maxwell and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Drug Addiction in Australia Large Print 16pt written by John Sherman and published by ReadHowYouWant. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive and clinically objective review of drug abuse and addiction in Australia. It is written to appeal to families, educators, policy makers, students, healthcare professionals and drug users. It is based on the knowledge and experience of Dr. John Sherman and his clinic in Footscray, a western suburb of Melbourne. The book comprises a series of stories told through the eyes of drug addicts, their families, healthcare professionals, policy makers and legislators, law enforcement officials and researchers. It traces the history of drugs of dependence, community and government responses; the misuse of various prescriptions and other legally available pharmaceuticals and their impacts on: - The health and welfare of users - Their families and friends - Society at large - including crime, societal dislocation, road and other trauma - Cost of law enforcement, criminal justice, healthcare and workforce productivity.
Download or read book Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-09-03 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Estimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. These disorders are among the most highly stigmatized health conditions in the United States, and they remain barriers to full participation in society in areas as basic as education, housing, and employment. Improving the lives of people with mental health and substance abuse disorders has been a priority in the United States for more than 50 years. The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 is considered a major turning point in America's efforts to improve behavioral healthcare. It ushered in an era of optimism and hope and laid the groundwork for the consumer movement and new models of recovery. The consumer movement gave voice to people with mental and substance use disorders and brought their perspectives and experience into national discussions about mental health. However over the same 50-year period, positive change in American public attitudes and beliefs about mental and substance use disorders has lagged behind these advances. Stigma is a complex social phenomenon based on a relationship between an attribute and a stereotype that assigns undesirable labels, qualities, and behaviors to a person with that attribute. Labeled individuals are then socially devalued, which leads to inequality and discrimination. This report contributes to national efforts to understand and change attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that can lead to stigma and discrimination. Changing stigma in a lasting way will require coordinated efforts, which are based on the best possible evidence, supported at the national level with multiyear funding, and planned and implemented by an effective coalition of representative stakeholders. Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: The Evidence for Stigma Change explores stigma and discrimination faced by individuals with mental or substance use disorders and recommends effective strategies for reducing stigma and encouraging people to seek treatment and other supportive services. It offers a set of conclusions and recommendations about successful stigma change strategies and the research needed to inform and evaluate these efforts in the United States.
Download or read book Drug Addiction in Australia written by John Sherman and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive and clinically objective review of drug abuse and addiction in Australia. It is written to appeal to families, educators, policy makers, students, healthcare professionals and drug users. It is based on the knowledge and experience of Dr John Sherman and his clinic in Footscray, a western suburb of Melbourne. The book comprises a series of stories told through the eyes of drug addicts, their families, healthcare professionals, policy makers and legislators, law enforcement officials and researchers. It traces the history of drugs of dependence, community and government responses; the misuse of various prescriptions and other legally available pharmaceuticals and their impacts on: The health and welfare of users Their families and friends Society at large - including crime, societal dislocation, road and other trauma Cost of law enforcement, criminal justice, healthcare and workforce productivity
Download or read book Patterns of Drug Use written by Toni Makkai and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONTENTS : Executive summary. Introduction. Tobacco. Alcohol. Marijuana. Illicit drugs. Multiple illicit drug usage. Conclusion. Cannabis. Alcohol. Tobacco.
Download or read book The Biology of Desire written by Marc Lewis and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the "disease model" of addiction is wrong and illuminates the path to recovery. The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have branded addiction a brain disease. But in The Biology of Desire, cognitive neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis makes a convincing case that addiction is not a disease, and shows why the disease model has become an obstacle to healing. Lewis reveals addiction as an unintended consequence of the brain doing what it's supposed to do-seek pleasure and relief-in a world that's not cooperating. As a result, most treatment based on the disease model fails. Lewis shows how treatment can be retooled to achieve lasting recovery. This is enlightening and optimistic reading for anyone who has wrestled with addiction either personally or professionally.
