Addiction Debates: Hot Topics from Policy to Practice - Hardcover

by Catherine Comiskey (Author)

Addiction Debates explores the tumultuous landscape of addiction research, policy and practice. Covering all the ′hot topics′ of the day in a balanced and informative manner, Comiskey provides international perspectives on each topic, stimulating debate and discussion via the different approaches taken globally.

Considering the complexities of debates around legalisation, rehabilitation, abstinence, harm reduction, and the current opioid epidemic, this SAGE Swift also looks into the health and social concerns related to drug consumption. Less-often debated topics include the ageing population of people who use drugs, the rights of the child of parents who use drugs, and the pressure these unique factors put on public health and associated services. A relevant text for a range of disciplines and people, sure to inform, challenge and continue the debate.

Author Biography

Professor Catherine Comiskey, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin. Professor Comiskey has over 20 years research and lecturing experience in statistics and mathematics applied to healthcare and her personal research interests are in substance use, child wellbeing and innovation. In 2017 she was elected by EU members as Vice Chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, a committee with a legal remit from the EU. She has also served as an EU expert on the Scientific Committee of the EU′s European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Portugal. In 2017, Catherine was invited by Minister Byrne to be the sole academic expert on the National Drug Strategy Implementation Committee, and from 2014 to 2017 she was invited by Minister Varadkar to serve on the Oversight Forum on Drugs.