Neil McKeganey is Professor of Drug Misuse Research at the Centre for Drug Misuse Research, University of Glasgow, UK, which he set up 1994. It is now one of the leading UK research centres focussed on illegal drugs. He has written widely on this subjects encompassing both academic and practitioner audiences. Neil has acted in an advisory role for a number of government departments and international organisations, including the World Health Organization, the UK Home Office, the US Department of Justice the Scottish Executive.

'The A-Z of Substance Misuse and Drug Addiction is a clearly presented text that covers a comprehensive range of essential subject areas. I would recommend it highly as a core text for all professionals and students working with addiction.' - Kirsten Amis, counselling lecturer and manager of counselling service at Glasgow Clyde College, Scotland "One might not expect a dictionary of this type to be lively, but McKeganey defines 70 words related to substance abuse in a manner that is concise and engaging." - Choice

• 1. Addiction2. Alcohol3. Brief Interventions4. Cannabis5. Celebrity Drug Use6. Chronic Relapsing Condition7. Classification of Drugs8. Community Sentences9. Contingency Management10. Contraception11. Corruption12. Crime13. Death14. Decriminalisation15. Doctors16. Driving and Drugs17. Dual Diagnosis18. Education19. Employment20. Enforcement21. European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction22. Evidence23. Family24. Gateway Thesis25. Harm Reduction26. Hepatitis C27. Heroin28. HIV29. Identity. 30. Injecting31. International Treaties32. Learning to Become a Marihuana User33. Legal Highs34. Legislation35. Maturing Out36. Media37. Methadone38. Morality39. Motivational Interviewing40. Naloxone41. Normalization42. Overdose43. Parental Drug Use44. Police45. Politics46. Prescribing47. Prevalence48. Prevention49. Prison50. Project Match51. Prostitution52. Rapid Assessment53. Recovery54. Rehabilitation55. Relapse56. Religion57. Research58. Residential rehabilitation59. Risk Factors60. Safe Injecting Centres61. Set and Setting62. Spontaneous Remission63. Stages of Change64. Stigma65. Strategies, drug66. Suicide67. Testing68. Therapeutic Communities69. Tobacco70. Treatment71. Twelve Step Programmes72. UKATT73. User Organizations74. Zero Tolerance.

Neil McKeganey is Professor of Drug Misuse Research at the Centre for Drug Misuse Research, University of Glasgow, UK, which he set up 1994. It is now one of the leading UK research centres focussed on illegal drugs. He has written widely on this subjects encompassing both academic and practitioner audiences. Neil has acted in an advisory role for a number of government departments and international organisations, including the World Health Organization, the UK Home Office, the US Department of Justice the Scottish Executive.

'The A-Z of Substance Misuse and Drug Addiction is a clearly presented text that covers a comprehensive range of essential subject areas. I would recommend it highly as a core text for all professionals and students working with addiction.' - Kirsten Amis, counselling lecturer and manager of counselling service at Glasgow Clyde College, Scotland "One might not expect a dictionary of this type to be lively, but McKeganey defines 70 words related to substance abuse in a manner that is concise and engaging." - Choice

• 1. Addiction2. Alcohol3. Brief Interventions4. Cannabis5. Celebrity Drug Use6. Chronic Relapsing Condition7. Classification of Drugs8. Community Sentences9. Contingency Management10. Contraception11. Corruption12. Crime13. Death14. Decriminalisation15. Doctors16. Driving and Drugs17. Dual Diagnosis18. Education19. Employment20. Enforcement21. European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction22. Evidence23. Family24. Gateway Thesis25. Harm Reduction26. Hepatitis C27. Heroin28. HIV29. Identity. 30. Injecting31. International Treaties32. Learning to Become a Marihuana User33. Legal Highs34. Legislation35. Maturing Out36. Media37. Methadone38. Morality39. Motivational Interviewing40. Naloxone41. Normalization42. Overdose43. Parental Drug Use44. Police45. Politics46. Prescribing47. Prevalence48. Prevention49. Prison50. Project Match51. Prostitution52. Rapid Assessment53. Recovery54. Rehabilitation55. Relapse56. Religion57. Research58. Residential rehabilitation59. Risk Factors60. Safe Injecting Centres61. Set and Setting62. Spontaneous Remission63. Stages of Change64. Stigma65. Strategies, drug66. Suicide67. Testing68. Therapeutic Communities69. Tobacco70. Treatment71. Twelve Step Programmes72. UKATT73. User Organizations74. Zero Tolerance.

Neil McKeganey is Professor of Drug Misuse Research at the Centre for Drug Misuse Research, University of Glasgow, UK, which he set up 1994. It is now one of the leading UK research centres focussed on illegal drugs. He has written widely on this subjects encompassing both academic and practitioner audiences. Neil has acted in an advisory role for a number of government departments and international organisations, including the World Health Organization, the UK Home Office, the US Department of Justice the Scottish Executive.

'The A-Z of Substance Misuse and Drug Addiction is a clearly presented text that covers a comprehensive range of essential subject areas. I would recommend it highly as a core text for all professionals and students working with addiction.' - Kirsten Amis, counselling lecturer and manager of counselling service at Glasgow Clyde College, Scotland "One might not expect a dictionary of this type to be lively, but McKeganey defines 70 words related to substance abuse in a manner that is concise and engaging." - Choice

• 1. Addiction2. Alcohol3. Brief Interventions4. Cannabis5. Celebrity Drug Use6. Chronic Relapsing Condition7. Classification of Drugs8. Community Sentences9. Contingency Management10. Contraception11. Corruption12. Crime13. Death14. Decriminalisation15. Doctors16. Driving and Drugs17. Dual Diagnosis18. Education19. Employment20. Enforcement21. European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction22. Evidence23. Family24. Gateway Thesis25. Harm Reduction26. Hepatitis C27. Heroin28. HIV29. Identity. 30. Injecting31. International Treaties32. Learning to Become a Marihuana User33. Legal Highs34. Legislation35. Maturing Out36. Media37. Methadone38. Morality39. Motivational Interviewing40. Naloxone41. Normalization42. Overdose43. Parental Drug Use44. Police45. Politics46. Prescribing47. Prevalence48. Prevention49. Prison50. Project Match51. Prostitution52. Rapid Assessment53. Recovery54. Rehabilitation55. Relapse56. Religion57. Research58. Residential rehabilitation59. Risk Factors60. Safe Injecting Centres61. Set and Setting62. Spontaneous Remission63. Stages of Change64. Stigma65. Strategies, drug66. Suicide67. Testing68. Therapeutic Communities69. Tobacco70. Treatment71. Twelve Step Programmes72. UKATT73. User Organizations74. Zero Tolerance.