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Papers presented at a meeting of the Wirtschaftswissenschaft und Ethik des Vereins fèur Socialpolitik, held in Zèurich on Dec. 5-6, 1991.

Drug addiction. --- Addiction to drugs --- Drug dependence --- Drug dependency --- Drug habit --- Narcotic addiction --- Narcotic habit --- Narcotics addiction --- Drug abuse

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Although it is well-accepted that drug addiction is a major public health concern, how we address it as a society continues to evolve as recent advances in the lab and clinic clarify the nature of the problem and influence our views. This unique collection of eight chapters reviews key findings on the neurobiology and therapeutics of addiction while capturing the diversity of perspectives that shape these concepts, which range from evolutionary biology to psychiatry to the legal system. This book discusses in depth how technological advances have led to important discoveries and how these discoveries, in turn, are increasingly being translated into clinical practice. It also presents avenues for future study that hold promise for the many affected by addiction.

Drug addiction. --- Addiction to drugs --- Drug dependence --- Drug dependency --- Drug habit --- Narcotic addiction --- Narcotic habit --- Narcotics addiction --- Drug abuse --- Health psychology

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Recounting the five year study recently completed by the Research Triangle Institute of drug use in Washington DC, this text integrates the findings and places them in the context of a national drug abuse problem, crime and homelessness.

Drug abuse --- Drug addiction. --- Addiction to drugs --- Drug dependence --- Drug dependency --- Drug habit --- Narcotic addiction --- Narcotic habit --- Narcotics addiction --- Orthopedagogiek --- alcoholisme en drugsverslaving.

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Addiction is a significant health and social problem and one of the largest preventable causes of disease globally. Neuroscience promises to revolutionise our ability to treat addiction, lead to recognition of addiction as a 'real' disorder in need of medical treatment and thereby reduce stigma and discrimination. However, neuroscience raises numerous social and ethical challenges: • If addicted individuals are suffering from a brain disease that drives them to drug use, should we mandate treatment? • Does addiction impair an individual's ability to consent to research or treatment? • How will neuroscience affect social policies towards drug use? Addiction Neuroethics addresses these challenges by examining ethical implications of emerging neurobiological treatments, including: novel psychopharmacology, neurosurgery, drug vaccines to prevent relapse, and genetic screening to identify individuals who are vulnerable to addiction. Essential reading for academics, clinicians, researchers and policy-makers in the fields of addiction, mental health and public policy.

Drug addiction. --- Neurosciences --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Neural sciences --- Neurological sciences --- Neuroscience --- Medical sciences --- Nervous system --- Addiction to drugs --- Drug dependence --- Drug dependency --- Drug habit --- Narcotic addiction --- Narcotic habit --- Narcotics addiction --- Drug abuse

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Drug addiction as a brain disease is this book's theme. In clear scientific terms it describes the nature of chemical addiction and addictive behaviour and the muddied effort to develop effective drug control policies and laws.

Drug addiction. --- Drug abuse --- Drug abuse and society --- Society and drug abuse --- Addiction to drugs --- Drug dependence --- Drug dependency --- Drug habit --- Narcotic addiction --- Narcotic habit --- Narcotics addiction --- Social aspects. --- Drug addiction --- Social aspects --- Drug abuse. --- Narcotics, Control of.