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Drug Policy and Human Nature

Psychological Perspectives on the Prevention, Management, and Treatment of Illicit Drug Abuse

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  1. Warren K. Bickel

    1. University of Vermont, Burlington, USA

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  2. Richard J. DeGrandpre

    1. University of Vermont, Burlington, USA

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Informing Drug Policy via Psychological Science: Basic Research in Drug Abuse and Its Determinants

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    3. Psychological Science Speaks to Drug Policy

      • Warren K. Bickel, Richard J. DeGrandpre
      Pages 31-52

  3. Informing Drug Policy via Psychological Science: Changing Drug Use

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Psychological Approaches to Prevention

      • Brenna H. Bry
      Pages 55-76

    3. Drug Abuse, Drug Treatment, and Public Policy

      • Sharon M. Hall, H. Westley Clark, Karen Lea Sees
      Pages 77-98

  4. Informing Drug Policy via Psychological Science: Innovations in Treatment Services

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Achieving the Public Health and Safety Potential of Substance Abuse Treatments

      • A. Thomas McLellan, Constance Weisner
      Pages 127-154

  5. The Psychology of Drug Policy: Psychological Assumptions behind Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
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    2. Examining the Behavioral Assumptions of the National Drug Control Strategy

      • Robert MacCoun, Jonathan Caulkins
      Pages 177-197

  6. The Psychology of Drug Policy: Social and Cultural Factors Influencing Drug Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 249-249
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    2. American and Canadian Drug Policy

      • B. K. Alexander, Anton R. F. Schweighofer, Gary A. Dawes
      Pages 251-278

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 323-326
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About this book

The formation of drug policy is a complex phenomena influenced by a multi­ tude of sources. Among others, these influences include historical factors, contemporary public opinion regarding the nature and magnitude of drug use and abuse, the portrayal of illicit drugs and drug use in the media, and lobbying efforts by special interest groups (e. g. , The Drug Policy Foundation), including government agencies (e. g. , the Justice Department and law enforcement). An additional source of influence are the activities of specialists directly engaged in studying drug use and treating drug dependence. This includes individuals involved in drug treatment, anthropological and cultural studies, policy analy­ ses, basic psychological and pharmacological research, research on the epide­ miology of drug use and dependence, and research on prevention. This influ­ ence by specialists might be usefully distinguished from those influences first mentioned for two reasons: First, studies of drug use and dependence attempt to uncover empirical generalizations about drugs, and second, because these findings are empirical, there is a hope that they guide, at least to some extent, the actions of other forces that more directly determine drug policy. Psychology as an empirical discipline has long been interested in the use of psychoactive drugs. At the level of basic science in psychopharmacology, a most important contribution has been the demonstration that drugs of abuse function as reinforcers and thus enter into the same psychological processes as do other appetitive stimuli.
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Reviews

`An excellent text for both graduate courses and advanced undergraduate courses on the psychology of addiction...will also be of value to social scientists and medical scientists...Perhaps most importantly, this book should be read by politicians and policy makers, regardless of their current views on and approaches to drug policy.' - Journal of Studies on Alcohol, March 1998
`Overall the volume is excellent, with superb reviews of the relevant literature covering the entire spectrum of the drug-abuse problem.' - American Scientist
`A novel and welcome approach to a difficult subject.' - Addiction
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Vermont, Burlington, USA

    Warren K. Bickel, Richard J. DeGrandpre

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Drug Policy and Human Nature

  • Book Subtitle: Psychological Perspectives on the Prevention, Management, and Treatment of Illicit Drug Abuse

  • Editors: Warren K. Bickel, Richard J. DeGrandpre

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3591-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45241-3Published: 31 July 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-3593-9Published: 14 August 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-3591-5Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 326

  • Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Public Health, Epidemiology

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