Politics and science in classifying the dangers of drugs

Evidence-Based Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 97-99

  Room, Robin ^a,b   Lubman, Dan I ^a,c  

^a TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; DRUG CONTROL; HEALTH; HUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 78349277596     PISSN: 13620347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebmh.13.4.97     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Austin GA. Perspectives on the History of Psychoactive Substance Use. Rockville, Maryland, USA: National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1978.
2. Nicholls J. The Politics of Alcohol: A History of the Drink Question in England. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2010.
3. Holloway SWF. The regulation of the supply of drugs in Britain before 1868. In: Porter R, Teich M, eds. Drugs and Narcotics in History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995:77-96.
4. Carstairs C. The stages of the international drug control system. Drug Alcohol Rev 2005;24:57-65.
5. Bayer I, Ghodse H. Evolution of international drug control, 1945-1995. Bulletin on Narcotics 1999;51:1-18. http://www.unodc.org/pdf/bulletin_1999-01-01_1.pdf#page=9 (Accessed 29 July 2010).
6. Babor T, Caulkins J, Edwards G, et al. Drug Policy and the Public Good. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
7. Manning P, ed. Drugs and Popular Culture: Drugs, Media and Identity in Contemporary Culture. Oxford: Willan, 2007.
8. Room R. Social policy and psychoactive substances. In: Nutt DJ, Robbins TW, Stimson GV, Ince M, Jackson A, eds. Drugs and the Future: Brain Science, Addiction and Society. London: Academic Press, 2006:337-59.
9. Room R. International control of alcohol: alternative paths forward. Drug Alcohol Rev 2006;25:581-95.
10. Burke J. UN Condemns UK Cannabis Laws. The Observer, 13 March 2005.
11. Stitzer M. Abuse Liability Assessment Conference Highlights Role of Science in Regulatory Aspects of Medication Development. Science Policy Insider News. Washington, District of Columbia, USA: American Psychological Association, 2002. http://www.apa.org/about/gr/science/spin/2002/11/abuse.aspx (Accessed 24 July 2010).
12. World Health Organization. Guidelines for the WHO Review of Dependence-producing Psychoactive Substances for International Control. Geneva: WHO, 2000. www.who.int/entity/medicines/areas/quality_ safety/GuidelinesEB105-2000-rec-1(EB105-16).pdf (Accessed 7 October 2010).
13. Best D, Vingoe L, Strang J. Dangerousness of Drugs. London: UK Department of Health, 2001. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk//www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/ PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4006274 (Accessed 7 October 2010).
14. Room R. Intoxication and bad behaviour: understanding cultural differences in the link. Soc Sci Med 2001;53:189-98.
15. Shewan D, Dalgarna P. Evidence for controlled heroin use? Low levels of negative health and social outcomes among non-treatment heroin users in Glasgow (Scotland). Br J Health Psychol 2005;10:33-48. http://www.gcal.ac.uk/violence/ downloads/heroin.pdf (Accessed 29 July, 2010).
16. Room R, Rossow I. The share of violence attributable to drinking. Journal Subst Use 2001;6:218-28.
17. Courtwright D. Mr ATOD's wild ride: what do alcohol, tobacco and other drugs have in common? Social Hist Alc Drugs 2005;20:105-24. http://historyofalcoholanddrugs.typepad.com/alcohol_ and_drugs_history/SHADV20.html (Accessed 31 July, 2010).
18. Room R. The dangerousness of drugs. Addiction 2006;101:166-8.
19. Room R, Fischer B, Hall W, et al. Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
20. Wikipedia. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advisory_ Council_on_the_Misuse_of_Drugs, 2010. (Accessed 24 July 2010).
21. Government Office for Science. Research Reviews, London. http://www.bis.gov.uk/foresight/our-work/projects/published-projects/brain-science/reports-and-publications/ research-reviews (Accessed 7 October 2010).
22. Best D, Gross S, Vingoe L, et al. Dangerousness of Drugs: A Guide to the Risks and Harms Associated with Substance Use. London: UK Department of Health, 2003.
23. Kalant H. Drug classifi cation: science, politics, both or neither? Addiction 2010;105:1146-9.
24. Farrell M. Classifi cation and confusion. Addiction 2010;105:1150.
25. Rehm J, Room R, Taylor B. Method for moderation: measuring lifetime risk of alcoholattributable mortality as a basis for drinking guidelines. Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 2008;17:141-51.
26. Reuter P. The limits of science. Addiction 2010;105:1150-1.
27. Thaler R, Sunstein C. Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness. New Haven, Connecticut, USA: Yale University Press, 2008.