Addiction Interviews: Evolution of a Specialist Field - Griffith Edwards - Paperback

Addiction is the first book in a new book series from Addiction Press. Addiction Press was set up with the express purpose of communicating current ideas and evidence in this expanding field, not only to researchers and practising health professionals, but also to policy makers, students and interested non-specialists. These publications are designed to address the significant challenges that addiction presents to modern society. The study of addiction has moved from being a fragmented and under-developed area of science to become a frontier subject with its own identity. This book describes that fascinating process of evolution through a series of face-to-face interviews with the international scientists and other protagonists in the field who helped make the process happen. For instance, Sir Richard Doll, whose pioneering work helped establish the relationship between cigarette smoking and cancer of the lung, and Dr Jerome Jaffe, America's first "Drugs Czar", who describes how Richard Nixon came to see the national importance of the research base for a more effective response to America's devastating heroin problem among GIs during the Vietnam War. Key Features + Unique in-depth interviews with 30 influential figures who have shaped modern addiction science + Commentaries from leading contemporary experts offer interpretations of each section + Provides international perspectives Addiction Interviews is of direct interest to researchers, clinicians and policy-makers in countries which are throughout the world trying to find better ways of dealing with alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs. It is a book which both shares recent history and discerns future directions.Edwards, Griffith is the author of 'Addiction Interviews: Evolution of a Specialist Field - Griffith Edwards - Paperback' with ISBN 9780632059768 and ISBN 0632059761.