Reframing the science and policy of nicotine, illegal drugs and alcohol - conclusions of the ALICE RAP Project.

ABSTRACT: In 2013, illegal drug use was responsible for 1.8% of years of life lost in the European Union, alcohol was responsible for 8.2% and tobacco for 18.2%, imposing economic burdens in excess of 2.5% of GDP. No single European country has optimal governance structures for reducing the harm done by nicotine, illegal drugs and alcohol, and existing ones are poorly designed, fragmented, and sometimes cause harm. Reporting the main science and policy conclusions of a transdisciplinary five-year analysis of the place of addictions in Europe, researchers from 67 scientific institutions addressed these problems by reframing an understanding of addictions.  A new paradigm needs to account for evolutionary evidence which suggests that humans are biologically predisposed to seek out drugs, and that, tod

SUBMITTER: Anderson P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5381624 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature