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'The Brain That Changes Itself' - Norman Doidge

This is about neuroplasticity rather than specifically about addiction, but it does have some really interesting bits on what addiction does to the brain.
 
i have read robin room's articles and they make a good basis for understanding AOD isues acros a wide variety of topics.
if you click on any link it will take you to the page whee you can access all ofthem for free
my personal favorite is The Cultural Framing of Addiction Room R, 2003.


Full text documents by Robin Room
2001- 1996-2000 1991-1995 1986-1990 1981-1985 -1980

2001-

* Contribution of drinking patterns to differences in rates of alcohol related problems between three urban populations Bobak M, Room R, Pikhart H, Kubinova R, Malyutina S, Pajak A, Kurilovitch S, Topor R, Nikitin Y and Marmot M 2004.
* Symbolism and rationality in the politics of psychoactive substances Room R 2004.
* What if we found the magic bullet? Ideological and ethical constraints on biological alcohol research and its application Room R 2004
* Maximizing the benefits of drinking Room R, Hradilova Selin K 2004.
* Alcohol and other drugs in a public health context Room R 2004.
* Effects of alcohol controls: lessons from a half-century of Nordic experimentation Room R 2004.
* Alcohol control and the public interest Room R 2004.
* Smoking and drinking as complementary behaviours. Room R 2004.
* Alcohol and harm reduction, then and now Room R 2004.
* Drinking and coming of age in a cross-cultural perspective Room R 2004.
* Patching together a policy study Room R 2004.
* Tsunami or ripple? Studying the effects of current Nordic alcohol Room R 2004.
* Thinking about how social inequalities relate to alcohol and drug use Room R 2004.
* Trends and issues in the international drug control system -- Vienna, 2003 Room R 2003.
* Women and men in alcohol and drug treatment: an overview of a Stockholm County Study Room R, Palm J, Romelsjö A, Stenius K, Jessica Storbjörk J, 2003.
* The Cultural Framing of Addiction Room R, 2003.
* Addiction concepts and international control Room R 2003.
* Rethinking alcohol, tobacco and other drug control Room R 2003.
* Impact and Implications of the International Drug Control Treaties on IDU and HIV/AIDS Prevention and Policy Room R 2003.
* The use of alcohol and drugs: patterns, pleasures and problems Room R 2003.
* Alcohol policy effectiveness Room R 2002.
* Performance enhancement and drug research Room R, 2002. In pdf format here.
* Sweden in an international perspective: alcohol policy and drinking habits Room R, 2002.
* Impacts of alcohol policy: the Nordic experience. The concluding chapter in the book The Effects of Nordic Alcohol Policies - What happens to drinking and harm when alcohol controls change? Room R, Romelsjö A, Mäkelä P. 2002.
* Drug use as performance enhancement Room R 2002.
* Alcohol (prepared for the Oxford Textbook of Public Health) Room R 2002.
* Would reducing the level of alcohol consumption reduce rates of alcohol-related harm? The state of evidence Room R 2002.
* A global background for Canadian and Nordic drinking Room R 2002.
* Intoxication and bad behaviour: understanding cultural differences in the link. Room R 2001.
* Intoxication and bad behaviour: understanding cultural differences in the link Room R 2001 (another version)
* The share of violence attributable to drinking Room R, Rossow I 2001.
* Can alcohol expectancies and attributions explain Western Europe's north-south gradient in alcohol's role in violence? Room R, Bullock S 2001.
* At what age is it OK? The social clock for drinking and drug use among Ontario teenagers Room R, Paglia A, 2001.
* Psychoactive Substances in Canada. Levels of Harm and Means of Reduction.* Room R, 2001.
* Why Have a Retail Alcohol Monopoly? By Room R, 2001.
* Governing images in public discourse about problematic drinking Room R 2001.
* New Findings in Alcohol Epidemiology By Room R, 2001. Chapter in: Alcohol in the European Region - consumption, harm and policies, by Rehn R, with Robin Room and Griffith Edwards. In pdf format here.

1996-2000

* Preventing Alcohol Problems: Popular Approaches Are Ineffective, Effective Approaches Are Politically Impossible. By Robin Room, 2000. In pdf-format here.
* Abstinence as the only treatment goal: New U.S. battles Room R, 2000.
* The ambiguous role of alcohol in economic development Room R, Jernigan D, 2000.
* Typologies of the cultural position of drinking Room R, Mäkelä K 2000.
* Alcohol monopolies as imstruments for alcohol control policies Room R 2000.
* Concepts and items in measuring social harm from drinking Room R 2000.
* Towards a global alcohol policy: alcohol, public health and the role of WHO. (in pdf format.) Jernigan DH, Monteiro M, Room R, Saxena S 2000.
* Measuring Drinking Patters and Problems: The Experience of the Last Half Century. Room R, 1999. In pdf format here.
* Preventing Substance Use Problems Among Youth: A Literature Review & Recommendations Paglia A, Room R, 1999. In pdf format here.
* Harm Reduction Approaches and Drug and Alcohol Policies and Laws Room R, 1999. In pdf format here.
* Research Developments Affecting the Alcohol and Drug Treatment System Room R, 1999. In pdf format here.
* Low-risk Drinking Guidelines: The Scientific Evidence (in pdf format.) Bondy SJ, Rehm J, Ashley MJ, Walsh G, Single E, Room R, 1999.
* Controlling psychoactive substances: can we reach a stable equilibrium? Room R 1999.
* The international drug control system in the post-Cold War era: managing markets or fighting a war? Room R, Paglia A, 1999.
* Drugs in a global perspective: the international control system's best foot forward Room R, Rosenqvist P 1999.
* The rhetoric of international drug control Room R 1999.
* The idea of alcohol policy Room R 1999.
* The Co-Occurence of Mental Disorders and Addictions: Evidence on Epidemiology, Utilization and Treatment Outcomes. By Robin Room, 1998. In pdf format here.
* Mutual Help Movements for Alcohol Problems in an International Perspective By Robin Room, 1998. In pdf format here.
* Controlled Drinking as a Moral Achievement and a Social Program By Robin Room, 1998. In pdf-format here.
* Voluntary Organizations and the State in the Prevention of Alcohol Problems Robin Room, 1997. In pdf-format here.
* Alcohol, the Individual and Society: What History Teaches Us By Robin Room, 1997. In pdf format here.
* Moderate Drinking and Health. Implications of Recent Evidence. By Ashley MJ, Ferrence R, Room R, Bondy S, Rehm J, Single E. 1997.
* Harm Reduction, Human Rights and the WHO Expert Committtee on Drug Dependence By Robin Room, 1997. In pdf format here.
* Gender Roles and Interactions in Drinking and Drug Use By Robin Room, 1996. In pdf format here.
* Patterns of Family Responses to Alcohol and Tobacco Problems By Robin Room, 1996. In pdf format here.
* WHO Cross-cultural Applicability Research on Diagnosis and Assessment of Substance Use Disorders: An Overview of Methods and Selected Results By Robin Room et al., 1996. In pdf format here.
* The Cultural Framing of Addiction. By Robin Room, 1996. In pdf-format here.

1991-1995

* Alcohol and Drugs in a Public Health Context: Alcohol and Other Drugs By Robin Room, 1995. In pdf format here.
* Alcohol, Drugs and the Family: An Overview By Robin Room. In pdf format here.
* WHO Project on Health Implications of Cannabis Use: A Comparative Appraisal of the Health and Psychological Consequences of Alcohol, Cannabis, Nicotine and Opiate Use. By Robin Room, Susan Bondy og Wayne Hall. 1995. Also available here.
* Drugs, Science and Policy: A View from the USA By Robin Room, 1993. In pdf format here.
* Alcohol and Crime: What Kind of Links, and Can We Break Them? By Robin Room, 1993. In pdf format here.
* Epidemiological Research on Drinking Patterns and Problems By Robin Room, 1993. In pdf format here.
* The Evolution of Alcohol Monopolies and Their Relevance for Public Health By Robin Room, 1993. In pdf format here.
* Alcoholics Anonymous as a Social Movement By Robin Room, 1993. In pdf format here.
* Research, Policy and the Problems Set by Rapid Social, Economic and Political Change By Robin Room, 1993. In pdf format here.
* Epidemiology of Alcohol Consumption By Lorraine Midanik and Robin Room, 1992. In pdf format here.
* Healing Ourselves and Our Planet: The Emergence and Nature of a Generalized Twelve Step Consciousness By Robin Room, 1992. In pdf format here.
* Paradigms of Social Research on Alcohol and Drug Use and Dependence By Robin Room, 1992. In pdf-format here.
* The Impossible Dream? Routes to Reducing Alcohol Problems in a Temperance Culture By Robin Room, 1992. In pdf format here.
* Should I Surrender? -- Women's Drinking and Courtship in American Movies By Robin Room, 1991. In pdf-format here.
* Addiction Research: Believing in the Future By Robin Room. In pdf format here.
* Alcohol Monopolies and Alcohol Control By Robin Room, 1991. In pdf-format here.
* Social science research and alcohol policy-making Room R 1991 (1978)

1986-1990

* Thinking About Alcohol Controls By Robin Room, 1990.
* Recent Research on the Effects of Alcohol Policy Changes By Robin Room, 1990. In pdf format here.
* Responses to Alcohol in an International Perspective: Characterizing and Explaining Cultural Wetness and Dryness. By Robin Room, 1989. In pdf-format here.
* Alcoholism and Alcoholics Anonymous in U.S. Films, 1945-1962: The Party Ends for the Wet Generations By Robin Room, 1989. In pdf-format here.
* The movies and the wettening of America: the media as amplifiers of cultural change By Robin Room, 1988. In pdf-format here.
* Cross-cultural research in alcohol studies Room R 1988.
* Shifting Perspectives in Studies of Alcohol in the Media By Robin Room, 1988. In pdf-format here.
* Inebriety, Doctors, and the State: Alcoholism Treatment Institutions Before 1940 By Jim Baumohl and Robin Room, 1987. In pdf-format here.
* Changes in the cultural position of alcohol in the United States: the contribution of alcohol-oriented movements Room R 1987.

1981-1985

* Kettil Bruun, 1924-1985: An Appreciation. By Robin Room, 1985. In pdf-format here.
* Dependence and Society. By Robin Room, 1985. In pdf-format here.
* Drugs, Consciousness and Society: Can We Learn From Others' Experience? By Robin Room, 1985. In pdf-format here.
* The Liquor Question and the Formation of Consciousness: Nation, Ethnicity and Class at the Turn of the Century By Robin Room, 1985. In pdf-format here.
* Alcohol Monopoly as an Idea and as a Reality: Some Perspectives From History By Robin Room, 1985. In pdf-format here.
* The World Health Organization and Alcohol Control By Robin Room, 1984. In pdf-format here.
* Alcohol Control and Public Health By Robin Room, 1984. In pdf-format here.
* Alcohol Problems and the Sociological Constructivist Approach: Quagmire or Path Forward? By Robin Room, 1984. In pdf-format here.
* Alcohol and Ethnography: A Case of Problem Deflation By Robin Room, 1984. In pdf-format here.
* A Reverence for Strong Drink: The Lost Generation and the Elevation of Alcohol in American Culture By Robin Room, 1984. In pdf-format here.
* Looking Beyond the Margin: New Horizons for Economists in Alcohol Studies By Robin Room, 1983. In pdf-format here.
* Shifting Perspectives on Drinking: Alcohol Portrayals in American Film By Robin Room, 1983.In pdf-format here.
* Legislative Strategies and the Prevention of Alcohol Problems By Robin Room, 1983. In pdf-format here.
* Sociological aspects of the disease concept of alcoholism Room R 1983.
* Alcohol and crime: behavioral aspects Room R 1983.
* Alcohol, science and social control Room R 1982.
* Alcohol as an issue in Papua New Guinea: a view from the outside Room R 1982.
* Region and urbanization as factors in drinking practices and problems Room R 1982.
* A note on observational studies of drinking and community response Room R 1981.

-1980

* Treatment-seeking populations and larger realities Room R 1980.
* Governing images of alcohol and drug problems Robin Room's doctoral dissertation, 1978.
* Alcohol in casualties and crime: the current state of research and future directions Room R 1978.
* Priorities in alcohol social science research Room R 1978.
* Evaluating the effect of drinking laws on drinking Room R 1978 (1970).
* Measurement and distribution of drinking patterns and problems in general populations Room R 1977.
* Minimizing alcohol problems Room R 1975 (1974).
* Normative perspective on alcohol use and problems Room R 1975.
* Alcohol and mortality Room R, Day N 1974.
* The social psychology of drug dependence Room R 1974.
* Notes on taverns and sociability Room R 1972.
* Amount of drinking and alcoholism Room R 1968.
* Cultural contingencies of alcoholism: variations between and within 19th Century urban ethnic groups in alcohol-related death rates Room R 1968.

Abstracts
2001- 1996-2000 1991-1995 1986-1990 1981-1985 -1980

2001-

* Trends and issues in the international drug control system--Vienna 2003. Room R 2005.
* Alcoholics anonymous careers: patterns of AA involvement five years after treatment entry. Kaskutas LA, Ammon L, Delucchi K, Room R, Bond J, Weisner C. 2005.
* Multi-level analysis of causal attribution of injury to alcohol and modifying effects: Data from two international emergency room projects. Cherpitel CJ, Bond J, Ye Y, Borges G, Room R, Poznyak V, Hao W. 2005.
* Clinical assessment compared with breathalyser readings in the emergency room: concordance of ICD-10 Y90 and Y91 codes. Cherpitel C, Bond J, Ye Y, Room R, Poznyak V, Rehm J, Peden M.

* 2005. Stigma, social inequality and alcohol and drug use. Room R 2005.
* Multicultural Contexts and Alcohol and Drug Use as Symbolic Behaviour Room R 2005.
* Banning Smoking in Taverns and Restaurants—A Research Opportunity as well as a Gain for Public Health Room R 2005.
* Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Biography of a Diagnosis Room R 2005.
* Alcohol and Public Health Babor T, Rehm J, Room R
* Problematic drug use and drug use disorders in EU countries and Norway: an overview of the epidemiology. Rehm J, Room R, van den Brink W, Kraus L. 2005.
* Contributions of social science to the alcohol field in an era of biomedicalization. Midanik L, Room R.2005.
* Effects of alcohol controls: Nordic research traditions. Room R 2004.
* Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol. Demers A, Garretsen H, Room R, Rossow I, Ugland T. 2004.
* Sources of Informal Pressure on Problematic Drinkers to Cut Down or Seek Treatment Matzger H, Room R, Weisner C. 2004.
* Measuring Addiction in Europe: The Diffusion of the Addiction Severity Index, and its Purposes and Functions Room R, Stenius K. 2004.
* The Importance of Environmental Modifiers of the Relationship Between Substance Use and Harm Fischer, B.Graham, K. Haydon, E. Mann, R. E. Rehm, J. Room, T. 2004.
* Books: Review/Commentary. From Hunting to Drinking: The Devastating Effects of Alcohol on an Australian Aboriginal Community Room R 2003.
* The relationship of average volume of alcohol consumption and patterns of drinking to burden of disease: an overview Rehm J, Room R, Graham K, Monteiro M, Gmel G, Sempos CT, 2003.
* Drinking and its burden in a global perspective: policy considerations and options Room R, Graham K, Rehm J, Jernigan D, Monteiro M., 2003.
* Alcohol as a risk factor for global burden of disease Rehm J, Room R, Monteiro M, Gmel G, Graham K, Rehn N, Sempos CT, Jernigan D., 2003.
* The global distribution of average volume of alcohol consumption and patterns of drinking Rehm J, Rehn N, Room R, Monteiro M, Gmel G, Jernigan D, Frick U., 2003.
* Can Alcohol Expectancies and Attributions Explain Western Europe''s North-South Gradient in Alcohol''s Role in Violence? Bullock S, Room R 2002.
* Drinking and Drug Use in Youth Cultures: 1. Building Identity and Community Room R, Sato H, 2002.
* Drinking and Drug Use in Youth Cultures: 2. Intoxication, Camaraderie and Control Room R, Sato H, 2002.
* Average volume of alcohol consumption, drinking patterns and related burden of mortality in young people in established market economies of Europe. Rehm J, Gmel G, Room R, Frick U, 2001.
* The Effect of Alcohol Control Policies. Room, R. 2001.
* Steps towards constructing a global comparative risk analysis for alcohol consumption: determining indicators and empirical weights for patterns of drinking, deciding about theoretical minimum, and dealing with different consequences. Rehm J, Monteiro M, Room R, Gmel G, Jernigan D, Frick U, Graham K, 2001.
* Authorship, inclusion and hierarchy Room, R., Rehm, J., 2001.
* Share of violence attributable to drinking Room, R., Rossow, I., 2001
* Trends in public opinion on alcohol policy measures: Ontario 1989-1998 Giesbrecht, N., Ialomiteanu, A., Room R., Anglin, L, 2001.
* Intoxication and bad behaviour: understanding cultural differences in the link Room R, 2001.
* Alcohol Issues in Developing Societies. Room, R. 2001.
* The ambiguous role of alcohol in economic and social development Room, R.; Jernigan, D. 2001.

1996-2000

* Typologies of the cultural position of drinking. Room R, Mäkelä K 2000.
* Measuring drinking patterns: the experience of the last half century. Room R 2000.
* Dimensions of alcohol-related social and health consequences in survey research. Gmel G, Rehm J, Room R, Greenfield TK 2000.
* Concepts and items in measuring social harm from drinking. Room R 2000.
* Share of violence attributable to drinking Room, R., Rossow, I., 2001
* Towards agreement on ways to measure and report drinking patterns and alcohol-related problems in adult general population surveys: the Skarpo conference overview. Dawson DA, Room R 2000.
* The ambiguous role of alcohol in economic and social development. Room R, Jernigan D 2000.
* Community effects of the opening of the Niagara casino. Room R, Turner NE, Ialomiteanu A 1999.
* Privatizing alcohol sales and alcohol consumption: evidence and implications. By Her M, Giesbrecht N, Room R, Rehm J, 1999.
* Low-risk drinking guidelines: the scientific evidence. Bondy SJ, Rehm J, Ashley MJ, Walsh G, Single E, Room R, 1999.
* Checkered Expectations: Predictors of Approval of Opening a Casino in the Niagara Community Turner N, Ialomiteanu A, Room R., 1999.
* The rhetoric of international drug control. Room R, 1999.
* Cross-cultural applicability in international classifications and research on alcohol dependence. Schmidt L, Room R 1999.
* Comments on Her et al.'s "Privatizing alcohol sales and alcohol consumption evidence and implications." Wagenaar, A.C.; Maynard, A.; Moskalewicz, J.; West, D.S.; Romanus, G.; Giesbrecht, N.; Her, M.; Room, R.; Rehm, J. 1999.
* Multiple-informant ranking of the disabling effects of different health conditions in 14 countries. Ustun TB, Rehm J, Chatterji S, Saxena S, Trotter R, Room R, Bickenbach J, 1999.
* International drug control system in the post-Cold War era. Managing markets or fighting a war? Room, R., Paglia, A.1999.
* Expectancies about the effects of alcohol on the self and on others as determinants of alcohol policy attitudes. Paglia, A.; Room, R. 1999.
* Idea of alcohol policy. Room, R 1999.
* WHO/NIH Joint Project CAR Study Group Multiple-informant ranking of the disabling effects of different health conditions in 14 countries. Ustun, T.B.; Rehm, J.; Chatterji, S.; Saxena, S.; Trotter, R.; Room, R.; Bickenbach, J.; 1999.
* Kettil Bruun Society: An international forum for social and epidemiological research on alcohol Room R 1999.
* Drugs in a global perspective: The international control system's best foot forward Room R., Rosenqvist, P. 1999.
* Preventing problems from psychoactive substance use. Room R 1999.
* Harm reduction: concepts and practice. A policy discussion paper. Riley D, Sawka E, Conley P, Hewitt D, Mitic W, Poulin C, Room R, Single E, Topp J 1999.
* Alcohol and aggression: general population views about causation and responsibility. Paglia A, Room R 1998.
* Measuring drinking practices: How far we've come and how far we need to go. Room, R. 1998.
* Current directions in research on understanding and preventing intoxicated aggression. Graham K, Leonard KE, Room R, Wild TC, Pihl RO, Bois C, Single E, 1998.
* Mutual help movements for alcohol problems in an international perspective. Room, R. 1998.
* Implications of privatizing/deregulating alcohol retail sales: projections of alcohol consumption in Ontario. Her M, Giesbrecht N, Room R, Rehm J 1998.
* Thirsting for attention. Room, R. 1998.
* Alcohol and drug disorders in the international classification of disease: A shifting kaleidoscope Room R, 1998.
* Drinking patterns and alcohol-related social problems: Frameworks for analysis in developing societies Room R, 1998.
* Alcohol and the U.S.-Canada border: trade disputes and border traffic problems. Room R, West P, 1998.
* WHO Study on the reliability and validity of the alcohol and drug use disorder instruments: overview of methods and results. Ustun B, Compton W, Mager D, Babor T, Baiyewu O, Chatterji S, Cottler L, Gogus A, Mavreas V, Peters L, Pull C, Saunders J, Smeets R, Stipec MR, Vrasti R, Hasin D, Room R, Van den Brink W, Regier D, Blaine J, Grant BF, Sartorius N, 1997.
* Charting WHO--goals for licit and illicit drugs for the year 2000: are we 'on track'? Fischer B, Kendall P, Rehm J, Room R, 1997.
* Moderate drinking and health. Implications of recent evidence. Ashley MJ, Ferrence R, Room R, Bondy S, Rehm J, Single E, 1997.
* Alcohol, the individual and society: what history teaches us. Room R, 1997.
* Situational norms for drinking and drunkenness: trends in the US adult population, 1979-1990. Greenfield TK, Room R, 1997.
* On the emerging paradigm of drinking patterns and their social and health consequences. Rehm J, Ashley MJ, Room R, Single E, Bondy S, Ferrence R, Giesbrecht N, 1996.
* Alcohol policy and the public good: A good public debate. Edwards, G.; Anderson, P.; Babor, T.F.; Casswell, S.; Ferrence, R.; Giesbrecht, N.; Godfrey, C.; Holder, H.D.; Lemmens, P.; Makela, K.; Midanik, L.T.; Norstrom, T.; Osterberg, E.; Romelsjo, A.; Room, R.; Simpura, J.; Skog, O.-J. 1996.
* Alcoholics Anonymous as a mutual-help movement: A study in eight societies. Makela, K.; Arminen, I.; Bloomfield, K.; Eisenbach-Stangl, I.; Bergmark, K.H.; Kurube, N.; Mariolini, N.; Olafsdottir, H.; Peterson, J.H.; Phillips, M.; Rehm, J.; Room, R.; Rosenqvist, P.; Rosovsky, H.; Stenius, K.; Swiatkiewicz, G.; Woronowicz, B.; Zielinski, A. 1996.
* Towards effective low risk guidelines on alcohol consumption. Rehm, J.; Bondy, S.; Room, R. 1996.
* Drinking, violence, gender and causal attribution: A canadian case study in science, law and policy Room R, 1996.
* Determinants of suggestions for alcohol treatment. Room R, Bondy S, Ferris J, 1996.
* Back to the drawing board? Room, R. ; Janca, A.; Bennett, L.A.; Schmidt, L.; Sartorius, N. 1996.
* WHO working group on population levels of alcohol consumption: Oslo, 14-16 December 1994. Rehm J, Room R, Anderson P, 1996.
* Drinking patterns and drinking problems: From specifying the relationship to advising the public. Room, R. 1996.
* Alcohol consumption and social harm: Conceptual issues and historical perspectives Room R, 1996.
* WHO cross-cultural applicability research on diagnosis and assessment of substance use disorders: Overview of methods and selected results Room R Janca, A.; Bennett, L.A.; Schmidt, L.; Sartorius, N, 1996.
* Determinants of suggestions for alcohol treatment Room R, 1996.
* Patterns of family responses to alcohol and tobacco problems Room R, 1996.
* Gender roles and interactions in drinking and drug use Room R, 1996.
* WHO cross-cultural applicability research on diagnosis and assessment of substance use disorders: an overview of methods and selected results. Room R, Janca A, Bennett LA, Schmidt L, Sartorius N, 1996.
* Gender roles and interactions in drinking and drug use. Room R, 1996.

1991-1995

* The risk of harm to oneself from drinking, Canada 1989. Room R, Bondy SJ, Ferris J, 1995.
* Trends in the treatment of alcohol problems in the US general population, 1979 through 1990. Weisner C, Greenfield T, Room R, 1995.
* Trends in public opinion about alcohol policy initiatives in Ontario and the US 1989-91 Room R Graves, K.; Giesbrecht, N.; Greenfield, T, 1995.
* Distillers' claims hard to swallow Room R, 1994.
* Moderate drinking and health: Report of an international symposium. Ashley, M.J.; Ferrence, R.; Room, R.; Rankin, J.; Single, E. 1994.
* Dependence in society? Room R, 1994.
* Alcohol dependence in the 1990 US National Alcohol Survey: Operationalizing and comparing two nosological systems. Room, R. Caetano, R. 1994.
* The emergence of a 12-step consciousness Room R, 1994.
* Alcohol policy and the public good. Edwards, G.; Anderson, P.; Babor, T.F.; Casswell, S.; Ferrence, R.; Giesbrecht, N.; Godfrey, C.; Holder, H.D.; Lemmens, P.; Makela, K.; Midanik, L.T.; Norstrom, T.; Osterberg, E.; Romelsjo, A.; Room, R.; Simpura, J.; Skog, O.-J. 1994.
* Adolescent drinking as collective behavior and performance. Room, R. 1994.
* Changing the shape of alcohol consumption Room R, 1993.
* Tailoring programs to communities: Commentary and reflections on the day Room R, 1993.
* Public health interests in trade agreements on alcoholic beverages in North America. Ferris, J.; Room, R. 1993.
* Drugs, science, and policy: A view from the USA. Room, R. 1993.
* Research, policy, and the problems set by rapid social, economic, and political change. Room, R. 1993.
* Evolution of alcohol monopolies and their relevance for public health. Room, R. 1993.
* Alcoholics anonymous, other 12-step movements and psychotherapy in the US population, 1990 Room R, 1993.
* Alcohol monopolies and public health Room R, 1992-1993.
* Self-control concerns and drinking loss of control in general and clinical populations. Room R, Leigh BC, 1992.
* Alcohol and Public Policy Project Room R, 1992.
* Epidemiology of alcohol consumption.Midanik, L.T.; Room, R. 1992. Mutual help for alcohol-related problems: Studies of Al-Anon and of alternatives to Alcoholics Anonymous.Rehm, J.; Room, R. 1992.
* The impossible dream?--Routes to reducing alcohol problems in a temperance culture. Room R, 1992.
* "Healing ourselves and our planet": The emergence and nature of a generalized twelve-step consciousness. Room, R. 1992.
* Paradigms of social research on alcohol and drug use and dependence. Room, R. 1992.
* Trade issues and alcohol monopolies: An international perspective. Room, R. 1992.
* Paradigms of social research on alcohol and drug use and dependence Room R, 1991.
* Drug policy reform in historical perspective: Movements and mechanisms Room R, 1991.

1986-1990

* People who might have liked you to drink: Changing responses to drinking by U.S. family members and friends, 1979-1990 Room R, 1990.
* Comments and suggestions: Responses to drinking within U.S. families, 1990 Room R, 1991.
* Drinking: Behavior and belief in modern history. Barrows, S.; Room, R. 1991.
* Impossible dream? Routes to reducing alcohol problems in a temperance culture Room R, 1991.
* Cultural changes in drinking and trends in alcohol problems indicators: Recent U.S. experience. Room, R. 1991.
* Social science research and alcohol policy making. Room, R. 1991.
* Portrayal of alcoholism in U.S. films, 1945-1962 Room R, 1990.
* Alcohol problems and the city. Room R, 1990.
* Research, action and the community: Experiences in the prevention of alcohol and other drug problems. Giesbrecht, N.; Conley, P.; Denniston, R.W.; Gliksman, L.; Holder, H.; Pederson, A.; Room, R.; Shain, M. (Eds.) 1990.
* Drink, popular protest and government regulation in colonial empires: Comment on papers by Kicza, Penvenne and Ambler Room R, 1990.
* Measuring alcohol consumption in the United States: Methods and rationales. Room, R. 1990.
* Sociologist looks at biological alcohol research Room R, 1990.
* Thinking about alcohol controls Room R, 1990.
* Recent research on the effects of alcohol policy changes Room R, 1990.
* Symposium on experiences with community action projects held in Toronto Room R, 1990.
* The U.S. general population's experiences of responding to alcohol problems. Room R, 1989.
* Drinking and casualties: Accidents, poisonings and violence in an international perspective. Giesbrecht, N.; Gonzalez, R.; Grant, M.; Osterberg, E.; Room, R.; Rootman, I.; Towle, L. (Eds.) 1989.
* Cultural changes in drinking and trends in alcohol problems indicators: Recent U.S. experience Room R, 1989.
* Epidemiology of alcohol problems: Conceptual and methodological issues. Room, R. 1989.
* Community action and alcohol problems: Demonstration project as an unstable mixture Room R, 1989.
* Responses to alcohol-related problems in an international perspective: Characterizing and explaining cultural wetness and dryness. Room, R. 1989.
* Drugs, consciousness and self-control: Popular and medical conceptions Room R, 1989.
* Self-control ideology and the experience of addiction in general and in clinical populations Room R, 1989.
* Alcoholism and Alcoholics Anonymous in U.S. films, 1945-1962: The party ends for the wet generations Room R, 1989.
* Community action and alcohol problems: Some historical perspectives Room R, 1989.
* U.S. general population's experiences of responding to alcohol problems Room R, 1989.
* Alcoholism and Alcoholics Anonymous in U.S. films, 1945-1962: the party ends for the wet generations. Room R, 1989.
* Cross-cultural research in alcohol studies: Research traditions and analytical issues Room R, 1988.
* Dialectic of drinking in Australian life: From the Rum Corps to the wine column Room R, 1988
* Cultural changes in drinking and trends in alcohol problems indicators: Recent U.S. experience .Room R, 1988.
* Changes in the cultural position of alcohol in the United States: The contribution of alcohol-oriented movements. Room, R. 1988.
* Maintaining recovery. Room, R. 1988.
* Studying community responses to alcohol problems: Interim report Room R, 1988.
* Cultural changes in drinking and trends in alcohol problems indicators: Recent U.S. experience Room R, 1988.
* Shifting perspectives in studies of alcohol in the media: Editor's introduction Room R, 1988.
* Evaluating treatment outcomes: Some conclusions Room R, 1988.
* Alcohol monopolies and alcohol control Room R, 1988.
* Invited testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs Room R, 1988.
* Science is in the details: Towards a nuanced view of alcohol control studies Room R, 1988.
* Research on effects of alcohol policy changes Room R, 1988.
* Issues in alcohol research on prevention and on safety and trauma Room R, 1988.
* Governing images and self-control: A comment on Drew's Beyond the Disease Concept of Addiction Room R, 1987.
* Some recent trends in social alcohol research. Room, R. 1987.
* Future of the word "alcoholism." Comments on the editorial: No ' alcoholism' please, we're British. Glaser F B; Mendelson J; Makela K; Room R; Uchtenhagen A; Moser J; Heitman L; Nicolas C. 1987.
* Alcohol treatment and society: Overview. Room, R. 1987.
* Inebriety, doctors, and the state. Alcoholism treatment institutions before 1940. Baumohl J, Room R, 1987.
* Alcohol control, addiction and processes of change: Comment on "The limitations of control-of supply models for explaining and preventing alcoholism and drug addiction". Room, R. 1987.
* U.S. general population's experiences with responses to alcohol problems. Room, R. 1987.
* Conceptions of alcohol and drug dependence and their operationalization Room R, 1987.
* Shifting perspectives on alcohol problems in the United States Room R, 1987.
* Relating drinking and drugs to injury control: Perspectives and prospects Room R, 1987.
* Alcohol monopolies in the U.S.: Challenges and opportunities Room R, 1987.
* Alcohol monopolies in the U.S.: Challenges and opportunities. The monopolies under attack. The interests and arguments Room R, 1987.
* U.S. general population's experiences with responses to alcohol problems. Room, R. 1987.
* Bring back inebriety? Room R, 1987.
* Social dimensions of alcohol dependence. Room, R. 1987.
* Epidemiology of alcohol problems: Conceptual and methodological issues Room R, 1986.
* Historical perspectives on the treatment response to alcohol problems: Case studies in six societies. Room, R. 1986.
* Non-relation of attitudes to drinking and attitudes on community response: A cross-cultural commonality? Room, R. 1986.
* Developments in evaluating programs to prevent alcohol problems Room R, 1986.

1981-1985

* Models for future work on alcohol's role in casualties Room R, 1985.
* On alcohol and ethnography: A problem in the history of anthropology.Hill T W; Room, R. 1985.
* Man and his relationship to society. The preventive implications of the socio-cultural modelling of drinking: Synthesis. Room, R. 1985.
* Formulation of state alcohol monopolies and controls: Case studies in five nations. Room, R. 1985.
* Dependence and society. Room, R. 1985.
* Liquor question and the formation of consciousness: Nation, ethnicity, and class at the turn of the century. Room, R. 1985.
* American experience with alcohol: Contrasting cultural perspectives. Foreword. Room, R. 1985.
* AIDS and alcohol: Epidemiological and behavioral aspects. Room, R. 1985.
* Alcoholism and Alcoholics Anonymous in U.S. films, 1945-1962: The party ends for the "wet generations". Room, R. 1985.
* Drugs, consciousness and society: Can we learn from others' experience? Room, R. 1985.
* New directions in the primary prevention of mental problems: Comment on a debate. Room, R. 1985.
* Measuring alcohol consumption in the U.S.: Methods and rationales. Room, R. 1985.
* Public health and the organization of alcohol production. Room, R. 1985.
* Social history of alcohol: Drinking and culture in modern society. Room, R. 1984.
* A reverence for strong drink: the lost generation and the elevation of alcohol in American culture. Room R, 1984.
* Alcohol policy and the rights of the drunkard. Makela K; Room, R. 1984.
* Alcohol control and public health. Room, R. 1984.
* World health organization and alcohol control. Room, R. 1984.
* Observations on alcohol in French Polynesia. Room, R. 1984.
* "Intoxicated society?": Alcohol issues then and now in Australia. Room, R. 1984.
* Alcohol problems and the sociological constructivist approach: Quagmire or path forward. Room, R. 1984.
* Dependence and society. Room, R. 1984.
* Alcohol policies in industrial nations: Recent trends and alternative approaches. Room, R. 1984.
* How good an excuse is drunkenness?. Room, R. 1984.
* Alcohol and ethnography: A case of problem deflation?. Room, R. 1984.
* Financing and ideology in alcohol treatment. Weisner C; Room, R. 1984.
* Sociological aspects of the disease concept of alcoholism Room R, 1984.
* Consequences of drinking: Trends in alcohol problem statistics in seven countries.Giesbrecht N; Cahannes M; Moskalewicz J; Osterberg E; Room R Eds. 1983.
* Potential media approaches to the prevention of alcohol related problems. Grant M; Room, R. 1983.
* Paternalism, Rationality and the special status of alcohol. Room, R. 1983.
* Region and urbanization as factors in drinking practices and problems. Room, R. 1983.
* Sociological aspects of the disease concept of alcoholism. Room, R. 1983.
* Alcohol and ethnography: A case of problem deflation? Room, R. 1983.
* Shifting perspectives on drinking: Alcohol portrayals in American films. Room, R. 1983.
* Alcohol-related problems: Conceptual and methodological aspects. Room, R. 1983.
* Financing and ideology in human services: The alcohol treatment system as a case study. Room, R. Weisner C. 1982.
* Alcohol as a cause: Empirical links and social definitions. Room, R. 1983.
* Papua New Guinea: The rhetoric of alcohol control. Room, R. 1983.
* Alcohol and crime: Behavioral aspects. Room, R. 1983.
* Alcohol images in American Film 1909-1960. Room, R. Herd D. 1982.
* Alcohol, science and social control. Room, R. 1982.
* Sociology and the disease concept of alcoholism. Room, R. 1982.
* Alcohol as an issue in Papua New Guinea: A view from the outside. Room, R. 1982.
* "Reverence for strong drink": The lost generation and the elevation of alcohol in American culture. Room, R. 1982.
* Alcohol and crime: alcohol and criminal behavior and events. Room, R. 1982.
* Legislative strategies and the prevention of alcohol problems. Room, R. 1982.
* Concepts of alcohol problems and their relation to policy. Room, R. 1982.
* Editor's introduction: Alcohol availability and public health in an international perspective. Room, R. 1982.
* California's alcohol experience: Stable patterns and shifting responses.Bunce R; Cameron T; Collins G; Morgan P; Mosher J; Room, R. 1981.
* Alcohol, society, and the state: A comparative study of alcohol control. Makela K; Room R; Single E; Sulkunen P; Walsh B. 1981.
* Recent history of alcohol controls: An international perspective. Room, R. 1981.
* Implications for international action. Room, R. 1981.
* Case for a problem prevention approach to alcohol, drug, and mental problems. Room, R. 1981.
* Sketches for realistic pitches to heavy drinkers. Room, R. 1981.
* Farewell to alcoholism? A commentary on the WHO 1980 Expert Committee Report. Room, R. 1981.
* International study of alcohol control experiences in perspective. Room, R. 1981.

-1980

* California's alcohol control experience, 1950-1975. Room, R. 1980.
* Concepts and strategies in the prevention of alcohol-related problems. Room, R. 1980.
* New curves in the course: A comment on Polich, Armor and Braiker, 'The Course of Alcoholism'. Room, R. 1980.
* Treatment-seeking populations and larger realities. Room, R. 1980.
* Introduction: Drug and alcohol problems, social control and normative patterns. Room, R. 1980.
* Out of The Shadow of Treatment: A Role For Regulatory Agencies in the Prevention of Alcohol Problems. Room, R. Mosher J F. 1979-80.
* Measurements of drinking patterns in the general population and possible applications in studies of the role of alcohol in cancer. Room R, 1979.
* Case for a problem prevention approach to alcohol, drug and mental problems. Room, R. 1979.
* Profile of policies and programmes for the prevention of alcohol- related problems: United States of America. Room R; Cameron T; Friedman J; Smith D; Wallack L. 1979.
* Note on observational studies of drinking and community responses Room R, 1979.
* Alcohol as an instrument of intimate domination. Room, R. 1979.
* Priorities in social science research in alcohol. Room, R. 1979.
* Trends in Neighborhood Drinking Characteristics in the U.S., 1964-1970. Room, R. 1979.
* Treatment seeking populations and larger realities. Room, R. 1979.
* Evaluating the effect of drinking laws on drinking. Room, R. 1978.
* Priorities in alcohol social science research. Room, R. 1978.
* Notes on the spectrum of opiate use Room R, 1977.
* Young Men and Drugs - A Nationwide Survey Odonnell John A; Voss Harwin L; Clayton Richard R.; Slatin, G.T.; Room, R. 1976.
* Governing Images and the Prevention of Alcohol Problems. Room, R. 1974.
* Comment on "The Alcohologist's Addiction". Moore R A; Dewes P B; Dumont M P; Room, R. 1972.
* The relation between alcohol control policies and individual behaviour. Room, R. 1972.
 
Wow! thanks Mick, if I've ever a spare month or so... ;) Seriously though, certainly a lot I haven't seen that should make good reading.
 
Wow - there's a lot of winter nights' reading options contained within this thread... :)

I ordered Candy Machine and another South-American centric book recently, which I've yet to start reading... which I guess are more about the political economy of cocaine in that region of the world... be good to see more Aus-centric reads listed though :)
 
 
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It's light reading compared to a lot of what people are suggesting, but another BLer recommended Mr Nasty to me and I couldn't put it down.

It's written by a british bloke and basically chronicles his 2 decades or so as a user/addict/dealer/distributer, from running a crew selling pills/tabs in the birth of the rave scene in 1980's London, getting involved in the coke scene in America, sampling various chemicals in Asia, developing a full blown heroin addiction and finally winding up in Sydney around the turn of the century just as coke takes off.

I'm not sure what's so captivating about it. He's hardly a literary genius and leaves a lot of things out, but it's just incredibly captivating following 15 or 20 years of drug fuelled shenanigans, and you can't help but like the protagonist even if he is a bit of a dick at times. I nearly ploughed through the whole thing in one sitting, once I got started I couldn't put it down.

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^Now... i'm going to look this book up, and buy it.

I haven't read a book in nearly 10 years. At least 8 anyway.

Last book I read was a true story about a melbourne undercover beat cop, who dressed up as a bum on smith st, to bust heroin dealers at the payphone. lol.. fucked if i remember the title. But i read it all in a day, and couldn't put the book down i was so captivated.

If anyone knows the title of this book - do post it.
 
^ The book you are referring to may be 'The Street'? I lent that one to another bluelighter recently about a plainclothes copper in St Kilda in the 80's, he dresses up as a bum and does 'buy busts' and shit.
 
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^Now... i'm going to look this book up, and buy it.

I haven't read a book in nearly 10 years. At least 8 anyway.

Last book I read was a true story about a melbourne undercover beat cop, who dressed up as a bum on smith st, to bust heroin dealers at the payphone. lol.. fucked if i remember the title. But i read it all in a day, and couldn't put the book down i was so captivated.

If anyone knows the title of this book - do post it.
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Crankit knows how to sell a book :p Popular auction website here I come.
 
On the subject of Mr Nasty (which was a good read) got told a while ago that there is a book called Mr Nice with a similar theme and apparently better but have never seen it.

Can also add: :)

Dopeland John Birmingham (stories from pot smokers around oz)
High Society Ben Elton (fictional story about drug legalisation)
Twek Nic Shelf (true addiction story/biography)
Chemical Cowboys Lisa Sweetingham (Ecstasy trafficking true story)
Reefer Men Tony Thompson (True story about drug importers)
Tripping An Anthology Of True Life Psychedelic Adventures Charles Hayes
When The Impossible Happens Stanislav Grof
 
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Dopeland John Birmingham (stories from pot smokers around oz)
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The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco by John Birmingham is definitely recommended reading for anyone who has ever share-housed in Australia or been partial to bucket bongs.

The book of "He died with a felafel in his hand" is good as well. Only the book though - the movie is average.
 
Hallucinogens: A reader - Charles Grob

Has contributions from a plethora of interesting people like McKenna, Hofmann and a bunch of others. Awesome read
 
Outstanding thread topic, Mr. Ibis, and a welter of worthy titles to delve into. Weed enthusiasts might also look for Lawrence Cherniak's Great Books of Hashish, and, Great Books of Cannabis. He freelanced for High Times for a time and has some incisive stories to compliment the pics from his travels. Nice coffee table books.
 
I own a copy Pihkal had no idea it was banned. Also own Uncle Festers 'Secrets of Methamphetamine Manufacture Sixth Edition with Recipes for MDA, Ecstacy, and other Psychedelic Amphetamines'.
Surly that would be a banned import too. Could any legal issues arise if they were to be found by LE?
 
^Likely they'd try to push some conspiracy charges or intent charges?

Depends where you obtained them, what else they found a long with them. I think in court it'd be easy to get away with having the books detained and destroyed with no charge so long as you weren't found with anything else that would show you were likely trying to cook drugs.
 
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