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    Drugs Without the Hot Air: Minimising the Harms of Legal and Illegal Drugs

    By David Nutt

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    From health to family to society, this informative exploration takes an evidence-based view of all the factors involved in drug use. Applying the same objective criteria to legal and illegal substances, an argument is made that legality is not a clear measure for harm. Tackling a variety of questions, such as Which is more harmful—Ecstasy or alcohol? Can addiction be cured? and Does the "War on Drugs" have serious unintended effects that can hurt children?, this analysis equips readers with the ability to make educated decisions regarding drugs both personally and in their communities. Broadening the scope of the discussion, a framework is explored for formulating national drug policies that will minimize a myriad of harms—social, medical, criminal, financial, and environmental.
    LanguageEnglish
    Publisher UIT Cambridge Ltd.
    Release dateAug 24, 2012
    ISBN9781906860400
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    Drugs Without the Hot Air: Minimising the Harms of Legal and Illegal Drugs
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    David Nutt

    David Nutt is a psychiatrist and the Edmund J Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology in Imperial College London. He broadcasts widely to the general public both on radio and television. A former President of: the European Brain Council; the British Association of Psychopharmacology; the British Neuroscience Association; and the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, he holds visiting Professorships at the Open University and University of Maastricht and is Founding Chair of DrugScience.org.uk. In 2016 the University of Bath awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws. The Times Eureka science magazine voted him one of the 100 most important figures in British Science. The science journal Nature and Sense about Science awarded him the John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science. The 1st edition of Drugs: without the hot air won the Transmission Prize and was commended by the British Medical Association.

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