Shane Darke is an Associate Professor at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales. Louisa Degenhardt is a Senior Lecturer at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales. Richard Mattick is Professor and Director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales.

Review of the hardback: 'Mortality amongst Illicit Drug Users is a welcome sight. Shane Darke, Louisa Degenhardt and Richard Mattick carefully synthesise the mass of literature on drug-related mortality, delineate its key domains, and provide a rich bibliography for future investigators … This book's documentation of drug-related mortality - so much of it preventable with existing methods readily available to us - is a testament to the poverty of current drug policies and bears stark witness to the price paid for these failures.' Perspectives

• 1. Why illicit drug-related deaths matter; 2. The global epidemiology of illicit drug use; 3. Mortality amongst illicit drug users; 4. Mortality and drug overdose; 5. Illicit drug use and disease; 6. Mortality and suicide; 7. Mortality and trauma; 8. Reducing drug-related mortality; 9. Summary and conclusions.

Shane Darke is an Associate Professor at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales. Louisa Degenhardt is a Senior Lecturer at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales. Richard Mattick is Professor and Director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales.

Review of the hardback: 'Mortality amongst Illicit Drug Users is a welcome sight. Shane Darke, Louisa Degenhardt and Richard Mattick carefully synthesise the mass of literature on drug-related mortality, delineate its key domains, and provide a rich bibliography for future investigators … This book's documentation of drug-related mortality - so much of it preventable with existing methods readily available to us - is a testament to the poverty of current drug policies and bears stark witness to the price paid for these failures.' Perspectives

• 1. Why illicit drug-related deaths matter; 2. The global epidemiology of illicit drug use; 3. Mortality amongst illicit drug users; 4. Mortality and drug overdose; 5. Illicit drug use and disease; 6. Mortality and suicide; 7. Mortality and trauma; 8. Reducing drug-related mortality; 9. Summary and conclusions.