The current study aimed to investigate reasons for supporting harm reduction approaches to treating drug addiction. The study used Brickman et al.'s (1982) models of helping as a framework to determine the relationship between where a participant attributed the responsibility for the problem and solution to drug addiction and support for particular approaches to treating drug addiction. It was ...

The current anti-doping policy ('war on doping') resembles the 'war on drugs' in several aspects, including a zero-tolerance approach, ideology encroaching on human rights and public health principles, high cost using public money for repression and control, and attempts to shape internationally harmonized legal frameworks to attain its aim. Furthermore, even if for different reasons, both wars...

Background: This thesis describes the effects of smokeless tobacco (ST) and its derivatives on the oral mucosa; the development of, and results of applying, a cessation program for snuff users with long and extensive exposure; and, the persistent clinical and histomorphological changes after cessation. Methods: Three of the studies were open prospective non-randomized clinical intervention tria...