The prevention of harm from drug use, both legal and illegal, is a major concern to government departments and clinicians throughout the world. Recently, much new research has been conducted regarding global levels and patterns of drug-related harm, on common risk factors with other social problems (e.g. mental health, crime) and on the effectiveness of wide range of intervention strategies. There is a need to summarise and synthesise this new knowledge for use in a range of disciplines. Preventing Harmful Substance Use offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date advice available on the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse. Contributors provide authoritative, science-based reviews of knowledge on their areas of expertise, and make clear recommendations for the future of prevention policy and practice. A final section draws the work together and offers a framework for an integrated science of prevention.

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About the Editors ix Contributors xi Preface xv Acknowledgements xvii SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION 1 Editors: Tim Stockwell, Paul J. Gruenewald, John W. Toumbourou and Wendy Loxley 1.1 Preventing Risky Drug Use and Related Harms: The Need for a Synthesis of New Knowledge 3 Tim Stockwell, Paul J. Gruenewald, John W. Toumbourou and Wendy Loxley SECTION 2 PATTERNS OF RISK AND RELATED HARMS 17 Editor: Tim Stockwell 2.1 Introduction 19 Tim Stockwell 2.2 The Global Burden of Disease Attributable to Alcohol, Tobacco and Illicit Drugs 25 Jurgen Rehm and Robin Room 2.3 Substance Use and Mental Health in Longitudinal Perspective 43 Maree Teesson, Louisa Degenhardt, Wayne Hall, Michael Lynskey, John W. Toumbourou and George Patton 2.4 Predicting Developmentally Harmful Substance Use 53 John W. Toumbourou and Richard F. Catalano 2.5 Population Ecologies of Drug Use, Drinking and Related Problems 67 Elizabeth LaScala, Bridget Freisthler and Paul J. Gruenewald SECTION 3 INTERVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS 79 Editor: John W. Toumbourou 3.1 Introduction 81 John W. Toumbourou 3.2 What Do We Know about Preventing Drug-Related Harm through Social Developmental Intervention with Children and Young People? 87 John W. Toumbourou, Jo Williams, Elizabeth Waters and George Patton 3.3 The Evidence Base for School Drug Education Interventions 101 Nyanda McBride 3.4 Alcohol Policy and Youth Drinking: Overview of Effective Interventions for Young People 113 Joel W. Grube and Peter Nygaard 3.5 Testing a Community Prevention Focused Model of Coalition Functioning and Sustainability: A Comprehensive Study of Communities That Care in Pennsylvania 129 Mark T. Greenberg, Mark E. Feinberg, Brendan J. Gomez and D. Wayne Osgood SECTION 4 INTERVENTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY: ILLUSTRATIVE CASE STUDIES 143 Editor: Paul J. Gruenewald 4.1 Introduction 145 Paul J. Gruenewald 4.2 Community Systems and Ecologies of Drug and Alcohol Problems 149 Harold D. Holder, Andrew Treno and David Levy 4.3 Violence Prevention in Licensed Premises 163 Ben Haines and Kathryn Graham 4.4 Application of Evidence-Based Approaches to Community Interventions 177 Andrew J. Treno, Juliet P. Lee, Bridget Freisthler, Lillian G. Remer and Paul J. Gruenewald 4.5 Preventing Alcohol and Other Drug Problems in the Workplace 191 Richard Midford, Fredrik Welander and Steve Allsop 4.6 Effects of a Community Action Program on Problems Related to Alcohol Consumption at Licensed Premises 207 Eva Wallin and Sven Andreasson 4.7 Strategies for Community-Based Drug Law Enforcement: From Prohibition to Harm Reduction 225 Christopher Canty, Adam Sutton and Stephen James SECTION 5 LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY PERSPECTIVES ON THE PREVENTION OF RISKY DRUG USE AND HARM 237 Editor: Wendy Loxley 5.1 Introduction 239 Wendy Loxley 5.2 Regulating Tobacco to Minimise Harms 245 Jonathan Liberman and Ron Borland 5.3 Intelligence-Led Regulation of Licensed Premises 257 Neil Donnelly and Suzanne Briscoe 5.4 Deterrence Theory and the Limitations of Criminal Penalties for Cannabis Use 267 Simon Lenton 5.5 Interventions for Illicit Drug Users Within the Criminal Justice System: AReview of Some Programmes in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States 279 Wendy Loxley 5.6 Social Ecology and the Invention of New Regulatory Strategies for Preventing Drug and Alcohol Problems 291 Bridget Freisthler and Paul J. Gruenewald SECTION 6 THE EVIDENCE BASE FOR PREVENTION IN BROAD PERSPECTIVE 307 Editor: Paul J. Gruenewald 6.1 Introduction 309 Paul J. Gruenewald 6.2 Whatis "Evidence", and Can We Provide It? 313 Robert F. Saltz 6.3 US Policy on Illegal Drugs: What We Don't Know Keeps Hurting us--A Perspective on Future Research Needs 325 James C. Anthony 6.4 Preventing Tobacco Use and Harm: What Is Evidence Based Policy? 337 Sandra Younie, Michelle Scollo, David Hill and Ron Borland 6.5 Moving Toward a Common Evidence Base for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Policy 351 Harold D. Holder and Andrew J. Treno 6.6 The Evidence Base for Preventing the Spread of Blood-Borne Diseases within and from Populations of Injecting Drug Users 367 Marcia Russell and Susan Carruthers 6.7 The Evidence Base for Responding to Substance Misuse in Indigenous Minority Populations 381 Dennis Gray and Sherry Saggers SECTION 7 FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR PREVENTION POLICY AND RESEARCH 395 Editor: Tim Stockwell 7.1 Introduction 397 Tim Stockwell 7.2 Investing for Cost-Effectiveness in the Face of Uncertainty: Applying Financial Portfolio Optimization to Prevention Programming 401 Jonathan P. Caulkins 7.3 How Should Governments Spend the Drug Prevention Dollar?: ABuyer's Guide 415 Ted R. Miller and Delia Hendrie 7.4 Key Moments in the Ethnography of Drug-Related Harm: Reality Checks for Policy-Makers? 433 David Moore 7.5 Recommendations for New Directions in the Prevention of Risky Substance Use and Related Harms 443 Tim Stockwell, Paul J. Gruenewald, John W. Toumbourou and Wendy Loxley Index 465