The SAGE Handbook of Drug & Alcohol Studies (eBook)

Part I: Determination of Substance Misuse
1. Genetics and genomics in addiction research - Rohit Jaibhagwan Lodhi, David Rossolatos and Katherine Jean Aitchison
2. Basic Pharmacokinetics of Substance Misuse - Kim Wolff
3. Future Directions: The role of pharmacogenomics - Jason White & Andrew A. Somogyi
Part II: PK and PD in Relation to Patterns of Use
4. Alcohol: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics - Matthew Goldin and E. Jane Marshall
5. Nicotine: The Pharmacokinetics of Nicotine and Cotinine - Noorzurani Robson
6. Opioids: A Discussion of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in Those Who Misuse Drugs - Verena Metz & Sandy Corner
7. Cocaine: pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and addictive potential - Glenn Dumont
8. Amphetamine & Methamphetamine: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics - Kim P.C. Kuypers, Eef Theunissen and Jan Ramaekers
9. MDMA: Pharmacokinetics - Magí Farré, Esther Papaseit & Rafael de la Torre
10. Benzodiazepines: A discussion of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic effects in those who misuse the drug - Alyson Bond & Malcolm Lader
11. Ketamine: the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in medicinal and misusing populations - Kim Wolff
12. Cannabis: The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of recreational and medicinal cannabis - Dave Allsop, Richard Kevin & Jonathon Arnold
13. Synthetic cannabinoids: The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of ‘Spice’ and other synthetic cannabinoids - Deepak D'Souza & Aarti Gupta
14. Khat, Methedrone and MDPV: A discussion of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters - Lorenza Colzato & Manuel Ruiz
15. Gamma-hydroxybutyric Acid (GHB): A discussion of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic effects of GHB including its analogues - John B. Saunders, Jason Connor & Gerald Feeney
16. Polysubstance Use - Jason Connor, John Saunders, Adrian Kelly, Gerald Feeney
Part III: Detection and Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Use
17. A brief overview of the detection of drug and alcohol use: the matching of purposes and procedures. - Kim Wolff & Michael Gossop
18. Biomarkers of alcohol misuse - Natalie E Walsham & Roy A Sherwood
19. Treatment of Opioid Dependence - Kim Wolff, Steven Karch, Jason White
20. Wastewater Analysis for the Measurement of Population Level Drug Use: Sewage-Based Epidemiology - Bram Miserez & Alexander van Nujs
Part IV: Special Settings
21. Forensic toxicology and death investigation - A Robert Forrest
22. Alcohol-related offences, alcohol use disorders and the workplace - Kim Wolff, Samantha Gross, Noor Zurani-Robson and Jane Marshall
23. Future directions: What is the way forward for toxicology and forensic research? - Steven B Karch
Part V: Controversies and New Approaches
24. Intravenous abuse of methylphenidate - Bjarni O. Rafnar and Gudrun Dora Bjarnadottir
25. Non addictive drug use: The way forward - Christian P. Müller
26. Different Approaches to setting limits for drugs and alcohol use when driving - Kim Wolff
27. Where do gambling and internet ‘addictions’ belong? The status of ‘other’ addictions - Mark D. Griffiths, Daria J. Kuss, Halley M. Pontes and Joël Billieux
28. Emerging Tobacco Trends from the Arabian Cultures (Waterpipe and Dokha): Global Prevalence, Health Risks and Propensity for Abuse - Annie Crookes
29 Treating Benzodiazepine Dependence - abstinence or maintenance? - Deborah Zador
30. ADHD: pathways into addiction, diagnosis and pharmacotherapy - Pieter-Jan Carpentier, Philip Asherson & Ulrich Muller
31. Exploratory models to explain attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and its association with substance use - Susan Young and Ottilie Sedgwick