Prevention of Substance Use
This volume provides a serious examination of substance use prevention research and practices as components of the continuum from health promotion through to prevention and health care in sub-groups and in the general population.
Extensive background chapters provide portals into the evolution of the field and the cutting edge research being conducted on the aetiology, epidemiology, and genetics of substance use and abuse.
The global nature and health burden of substance use and abuse incorporate assessments of the serious problems related to the prevention of legal substance use (i.e...