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The policing of drugs is an intriguing, complex, and contentious domain that brings into sharp focus the multifaceted nature of the police role and has farreaching consequences for health, crime, and justice. While research on drugs policing has historically been surprisingly sparse, fragmented, and underdeveloped, the field has recently become a burgeoning area of academic study, influenced by contemporary trends in policing practices, changes in drug policy, and wider social movements. This book makes a much-needed interdisciplinary and international contribution that engages with established and emerging areas of scholarship, advances cutting-edge debates, and sets an agenda for future directions in drugs policing.Drug Law Enforcement, Policing and Harm Reduction is the first edited collection to devote its attention exclusively to drugs policing. It brings together a range of leading scholars to provide a deep and thorough account of the current state of knowledge. In addition to academic analysis, authors also include serving police officers and policymakers, who have influenced how drugs policing is framed and carried out. Together, the contributors draw on a diverse set of empirical studies and theoretical perspectives, with the thread running throughout the book being the concept of harm reduction policing. With accounts from various countries, localities, and contexts, topics covered include the (in)effectiveness and (un)intended consequences of the 'war on drugs', attempts to reform drugs policing, and the role of partnerships and policy networks. The broader theme of inequality lies at the heart of this collection.An accessible and compelling read, this book will be of interest to academics and students of criminology, public health, and social policy, especially those researching policing, drug policy, and harm reduction. It also offers valuable insights and practical guidance for professionals working in the drugs field.

Help clients pivot away from the question "Am I an alcoholic?" and consider instead "Would my life be better without alcohol?" Amanda E. White, mental health clinician, creator of the popular Instagram account @therapyforwomen, and author of the best-selling book Not Drinking Tonight, is back with this must-have resource for her professional peers: Not Drinking Tonight: The Workbook. Having been sober for 8+ years herself, Amanda tackles therapists' most pressing question: How can I help clients whose alcohol use has become problematic but who don't identify as "alcoholics" or have no interest in traditional abstinence-based methods like rehab or 12-step groups? Using a harm reduction approach, each chapter contains worksheets and exercises that will help clients examine why they drink and allow them to change their relationship with alcohol as they learn to: ¿ Regulate their emotions without alcohol ¿ Set and maintain healthy boundaries ¿ Redefine what authentic self-care looks like ¿ Navigate sober socializing, dating, and sex ¿ Create a relapse prevention plan ¿ Build a sober life they love ¿ And more!

Written in his signature personable yet straightforward style, Paul Brasler, LCSW, offers a clinically sound, must-have resource for health care professionals who are working with substance use disorders in any capacity. With its strong emphasis on person-centered care, this book offers a refreshing approach for working alongside people with substance use disorders that humanizes the addiction crisis and shifts the focus to the person, not their diagnosis. Each chapter includes reproducible handouts, exercises, and assessment tools that walk readers through the stages of the therapeutic process, from intake and assessment to treatment planning and recovery. Whether you work in mental health, medical, educational, religious, or legal settings, the tools in this book will help you: - Confront stigma and lower barriers to treatment - Determine the correct level of care - Understand the unique intoxication and withdrawal profiles of each substance - Ask the right screening and assessment questions - Address and treat common co-occurring disorders - Work with substance use disorders in the family - Improve client engagement across various stages of change - Consider strategies for special populations, including adolescents, racial and ethnic minorities, military personnel, and more - Navigate common legal and ethical issues

Focusing on end-of-life care for people who use, or have used, substances, this book explores their social and health care needs and the multiple disadvantages they have often experienced, discussing the complexities around access to care that result.

Employing Deleuzo-Guattarian orientations to assemblage and feminist approaches to care, this book offers a critique of neoliberal approaches to recovery from drugs and alcohol, while collapsing the dualities of harm reduction and recovery.

You can quit drinking - and change your life at the same time. It might feel impossible. It might even feel frightening. But it's not as difficult as you think.

To accompany the SOBER LIFE STORIES and HOW TO QUIT ALCOHOL, Sheldon Press is publishing THE SOBER LIFE JOURNAL, a new format to take advantage of the popularity of journaling – particularly in the sober space. Authored by Simon Chapple, the JOURNAL can be used alongside his other books on the road to sobriety, or in a stand alone fashion. The journal includes plenty of writing prompts, guided exercises and space for reflection with the intention to create something lasting and meaningful for those for whom the road to an alcohol-free life is part of a journey in self-discovery.

From the author of the provocative and influential Glow Kids, Digital Madness explores how we've become mad for our devices as our devices are driving us mad, as revolutionary research reveals technology's damaging effect on mental illness and suicide rates-and offers a way out.Dr. Nicholas Kardaras is at the forefront of psychologists sounding the alarm about the impact of excessive technology on younger brains. In Glow Kids, he described what screen time does to children, calling it "digital heroin". Now, in Digital Madness, Dr. Kardaras turns his attention to our teens and young adults and looks at the mental health impact of tech addiction and corrosive social media.In Digital Madness, Dr. Kardaras answers the question of why young people's mental health is deteriorating as we become a more technologically advanced society. While enthralled with shiny devices and immersed in Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat, our young people are struggling with record rates of depression, loneliness, anxiety, overdoses and suicide. What's driving this mental health epidemic? Our immersion in toxic social media has created polarizing extremes of emotion and addictive dependency, while also acting as a toxic "digital social contagion", spreading a variety of psychiatric disorders. The algorithm-fueled polarity of social media also shapes the brain's architecture into inherently pathological and reactive "black and white" thinking-toxic for politics and society, but also symptomatic of several mental disorders. Digital Madness also examines how the profit-driven titans of Big Tech have created our unhealthy tech-dependent lifestyle: sedentary, screen-staring, addicted, depressed, isolated and empty-all in the pursuit of increased engagement, data mining and monetization.But there is a solution. Dr. Kardaras offers a path out of our crisis, using examples from classical philosophy that encourage resilience, critical thinking and the pursuit of sanity-sustaining purpose in people's lives. Digital Madness is a crucial book for parents, educators, therapists, public health professionals, and policymakers who are searching for ways to restore our young people's mental and physical health.

"Originally published in paperback in the United States by Rodale, ... in 2013" -- verso of title page.

What do extreme eaters, MMA fighters, ultramarathon runners, and BDSM practitioners have in common? What drives some people to push their bodies and minds to the brink, putting everything on the line to test the bounds of their capacity? When Jenny Valentish worked through her own addictions, she became fascinated by extremes in their myriad and unexpected manifestations. In the darkly funny, brash, and irresistible Everything Harder Than Everyone Else, Valentish immerses herself in the lives of sex workers, body builders, and dedicated fighters and finds that many of the people she encounters have overcome addictions and trauma to find release and community where the stakes are at their highest.

When we lose someone by their own choosing, we are left wondering, why? How does one get to that point? What would have made the difference? Is there anything I could have done to stop it? What can I do to help someone who is addicted?Prime Threat - Shattering the Power of Addiction is a remarkable, unforgettable, thought-provoking book. Peck shares the story of her son, Jay, who died of a drug overdose. Their story is not unique in today's world with so many drug-induced deaths, but it is an insightful story with the hope of what we can do to live without addictions and not end up losing our life to them. From the other side of the veil, Jay reveals how he got to where he did through lifetimes of addiction. Jay shares what he is learning and doing to have a better chance of clearing his addictions when he incarnates again. Once we understand that addiction is the energy we create, we can learn how to shatter its hold on us and live the life we were meant to live-a life of love and happiness. Is living without addiction possible? ABSOLUTELY!

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,7, Hochschule Niederrhein in Mönchengladbach , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit gibt einen Einblick in die durchaus komplexe Thematik der Glücksspielsucht. Hierbei stehen vor allem die wesentlichen Merkmale der pathologischen Glücksspielsucht, bezogen auf das Automatenspiel. Ziel der Arbeit ist es, die sich aus der unlimitiert erscheinenden Verfügbarkeit von Geldspielautomaten, ihrem extrem hohen Spielanreiz und defizitären Präventions- beziehungsweise Spielerschutzmaßnahmen resultierende Folgen aufzuzeigen, um darüber hinaus einen Ausblick auf eine veränderte Glücksspielpolitik zu geben. Eine Glücksspielpolitik, die mehr als zuvor die Gesundheit der Spieler und somit auch die der Bevölkerung in den Vordergrund stellt. Aufgrund der beschriebenen Problematik lautet die Forschungsfrage dieser Arbeit wie folgt:Wie müssen staatlich reglementierte Maßnahmen gestaltet sein, damit das Risiko einer pathologischen Glücksspielsucht, durch das Spiel an Glücksspielautomaten, für den Spieler reduziert wird und um bereits pathologische Spieler umgreifender zu schützen?

In the vein of Mary Karr's Lit, Augusten Burroughs' Dry and Sarah Hepola's Blackout, As Needed for Pain is a raw and riveting--and often wryly funny--addiction memoir from one of New York media's most accomplished editors which explores his never-before-told story of opioid addiction and the drastic impact it had on his life and career.Dan Peres wasn't born to be a media insider. As an awkward, magic-obsessed adolescent, nothing was further from his reality than the catwalks of Paris or the hallways of glossy magazine publishers. A gifted writer and shrewd cultural observer, Peres eventually took the leap--even when it meant he had to fake a sense of belonging in a new world of famed fashion designers, celebrities, and some of media's biggest names. But he had a secret: opiates.Peres's career as an editor at W magazine and Details is well known, but little is known about his private life as a high-functioning drug addict. In As Needed for Pain, Peres lays bare for the first time the extent of his drug use--at one point a 60-pill-a-day habit.By turns humorous and gripping, Peres's story is a cautionary coming-of-age tale filled with unforgettable characters and breathtaking brushes with disaster. But the heart of the book is his journey from outsider to insecure insider, what it took to get him there, and how he found his way back from a killing addiction. As Needed for Pain offers a rare glimpse into New York media's past--a time when print magazines mattered--and a rarefied world of wealth, power, and influence. It is also a brilliant, shocking dissection of a life teetering on the edge of destruction, and what it took to pull back from the brink.

THE BRAND-NEW UPGRADE OF THE WORLD'S BEST-SELLING STOP SMOKING BOOK OF ALL TIME. This book is the most up-to-date, cutting-edge, best-practice version of Allen Carr's Easyway method. It now includes advice on vaping, cannabis, JUUL, self-harm & anxiety, the dopamine issue, and more advice about habitual triggers. Through following this method, you will not only be set free from your smoking addiction but you will also find it easy and even enjoyable to quit. - Without using willpower, aids, substitutes, or gimmicks - Without gaining weight> This book is designed to help busy people, who appreciate clear no-nonsense guidance. Allen Carr's Easy Way to Quit Smoking gives you a structured, easy-to-follow method for quitting quickly, painlessly, and immediately. What people say about Allen Carr's Easyway method: "I read this book and quit smoking instantly" Nikki Glaser "If you want to quit ... its called the Easyway ... I'm so glad I quit."Ellen DeGeneres "Allen Carr's international bestseller...has helped countless people quit." Time Out New York "His skill is in removing the psychological dependence." The Sunday Times

An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for StoneWhen Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to El Paso, Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital. There he meets David Smith, a medical student recovering from drug addiction, and the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security in the sport they love and with each other. This friendship between doctor and intern grows increasingly rich and complex, more intimate than two men usually allow. Just when it seems nothing can go wrong, the dark beast from David's past emerges once again?and almost everything Verghese has come to trust and believe in is threatened as David spirals out of control.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: mE, Georg-Simon-Ohm-Hochschule Nürnberg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der Arbeit soll auf die Frage eingegangen werden, welche Chancen und Grenzen Drogenkonsumräume in der Drogenhilfe haben. Um diesem Vorhaben nachgehen zu können, gliedert sich die Arbeit in drei Teile: Der erste Teil dient zur Orientierung in der Gesetzgebung, um den nachfolgenden Teil, den Wandel der Drogenhilfe in einem historischen Kontext nachvollziehen zu können. Der letzte Teil der Arbeit befasst sich mit der Thematik Drogenkonsumräume. Der Fokus wird hierbei auf die verschiedenen Zielsetzungen, sowie auf die Erfolge und Problembereiche der Einrichtungen gelegt.Trotz des 30 Jahre existierenden Konzeptes des Drogenkonsumraums, mit Legalisierung durch den Gesetzgeber seit 18 Jahren, lehnt die Staatsregierung von Bayern den Gedanken, eine solche Einrichtung zu eröffnen, immer noch ab. Trotz der hohen Zahl der Drogentoten in Bayern, die ein Konsumraum reduzieren kann, wird durch die CSU nach Alternativen gesucht. Die Landtagsfraktion aus SPD und den Grünen dagegen kritisiert die Drogenpolitik und fordert Räume, in denen Abhängige kontrolliert Drogen nehmen können und dafür zum Beispiel saubere Spritzen bekommen.

Akademische Arbeit aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Recht und Kriminalität, Note: 1,3, Fachhochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung Nordrhein-Westfalen; Münster, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Weltweit werden 26 Millionen Konsumenten geschätzt, davon mindestens 1,5 Millionen in den USA. Dort verbreitete sich Crystal Meth seit Beginn der Neunzigerjahre sehr schnell und wird als ¿Droge der Trailerparks¿, der sozialen Verelendung angesehen. Eine hollywoodgerechte Aufbereitung der Droge erfolgt in Filmen wie ¿Spun¿ oder der wiederholt mit dem Emmy ausgezeichneten Fernsehserie ¿Breaking Bad¿. Doch um was für eine Droge handelt es sich? Was macht sie so gefährlich?Im Rahmen dieser Ausarbeitung wird die Substanz Methamphetamin hinsichtlich ihrer Beschaffenheit, Geschichte sowie Auswirkungen auf den menschlichen Organismus beleuchtet, sowie abschließend auf dessen Entzug und die damit einhergehenden Probleme eingegangen.

"Conscious Bravery is woven magic. Groundbreaking. Like a warm hug from a trusted friend, Pamela's words wrap around the reader and whisper, 'You can do this.'" ~Michelle Waters, author of Dancing with the Diagnosis: Steps for Taking the Lead When Facing Cancer Finally, here is the lifeline so desperately needed. Navigating the wilderness of addiction and mental health alongside a struggling child, spouse, parent, or friend can feel like it's literally pulling the life from you. What if you felt courage deep enough to face any situation? How would your life change if you learned to overcome fear and regret, to face the present moment and find hope? From shocking crises to harrowing devastations, Conscious Bravery is that guide to learning lifesaving skills and crucial pillars for growth. Pamela blends compassion with guidance, inspiring readers into action. She offers personal and gripping stories, sharing concepts and techniques that work for cultivating tenacious love, resilience, and strength. Rediscover peace and find freedom. Move confidently on your path forward into the unknown. This informative, life-altering book is in a class by itself.