Man and His Mind-Changers [electronic resource] : Highlights of the 30th International Congress on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Amsterdam, September 4–9, 1972 / edited by E. Dekker, H.J. van der Wal.

Erişim Adresi
Link
ISBN
9789401026192
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/14480
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 1973.
Yayın Bilgisi
Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1973.
Fiziksel Niteleme
102 p. online resource.
İçindekiler Notu
Opening Address -- Where are We, What is Permitted, What is the Impact? -- The Cannabis Discussion -- The Social Policy Panel -- Evaluation of the Congress.
Özet, vb.
"We ourselves are part of the problem, not ofits solution". This pronouncement, made by psychologist R. S. B. Wiener during the panel on social policy, provided a leading Dutch weekly with an excellent headline for an article on the 30th International Congress on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. With it Wiener touched one of the central, if not the central issue of the alcohol and drug problem. Why do we fix our attention so emphatically on 'the other people', on the consumers, abusers and addicts? Has not the time come that, also at scientific and learned congresses, we should start occupying ourselves with the shortcomings of society and with its legislation and policy as factors promoting this abuse and addiction? The question is so obvious that no one will dare give a neg­ ative answer. For this reason it is even more striking that it is given so little serious thought. We still try to change the consumer instead of the social structure. In his opening address, the Minister of Public Health and Environmental Hygiene of the Netherlands, Dr 1. B. J. Stuyt, gave some attention to this social structure. He pointed out that a social structure which is characterized by poverty and deprivation promotes the abuse of alcohol. Dekker/van der Wal (eds. ). Man and His Mind-Changers. 1-9. All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 1973 by D. Reidel Publishing Company. Dordrecht-Holland 2 E. DEKKER AND H. J.
Konu
History.
History.
Diğer Yazarlar
Dekker, E.
van der Wal, H.J.
Kurum Adı
SpringerLink (Online service)
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