Overview
- Editors:
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Yonette F. Thomas
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National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institutes of Health Epidemiology Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research, Bethesda, USA
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Douglas Richardson
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Association of American Geographers, Washingotn, USA
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Ivan Cheung
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Arlington, USA
- The only book focused on the intersection of geography and drug abuse research
- Multidisciplinary chapters combining the methodologies of both social and physical sciences
- These unique mixed-methodological approaches move beyond more traditional research in the field of drug abuse and provide fresh perspectives
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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- Gerald J. Stahler, Silvana Mazzella, Jeremy Mennis, Sanjoy Chakravorty, George Rengert, Ralph Spiga
Pages 337-351
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- Traci Craig Green, Cynthia Pope
Pages 369-393
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- Eleazer D. Hunt, Marty Sumner, Thomas J. Scholten, James M. Frabutt
Pages 395-413
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- Sucharita Gopal, Matt Adams, Mark Vanelli
Pages 415-435
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- Mei-Po Kwan, Ruth D. Peterson, Christopher R. Browning, Lori A. Burrington, Catherine A. Calder, Lauren J. Krivo
Pages 437-446
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- Charlie DiMaggio, Angela Bucciarelli, Kenneth J. Tardiff, David Vlahov, Sandro Galea
Pages 447-464
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Back Matter
Pages 465-538
About this book
Making Connections: Geography and Drug Addiction Geography involves making connections – connections in our world among people and places, cultures, human activities, and natural processes. It involves understa- ing the relationships and ‘connections’ between seemingly disparate or unrelated ideas and between what is and what might be. Geography also involves connecting with people. When I rst encountered an extraordinarily vibrant, intelligent, and socially engaged scientist at a private d- ner several years ago, I was immediately captivated by the intensity of her passion to understand how and why people become addicted to drugs, and what could be done to treat or prevent drug addiction. Fortunately, she was willing to think beyond the bounds of her own discipline in her search for answers. Our conversation that evening, which began with her research on fundamental biochemical processes of drug addiction in the human body, evolved inevitably to an exploration of the ways in which research on the geographical context of drug addiction might contribute to the better understanding of etiology of addiction, its diffusion, its interaction with geographically variable environmental, social, and economic factors, and the strategies for its treatment and prevention. This fascinating woman, I soon learned, was Nora Volkow, the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse as well as the granddaughter of Leon Trotsky.
Editors and Affiliations
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National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institutes of Health Epidemiology Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research, Bethesda, USA
Yonette F. Thomas
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Association of American Geographers, Washingotn, USA
Douglas Richardson
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Arlington, USA
Ivan Cheung