title: Coping with substance abuse: a many-sided task.
abstract: Steady progress is being made towards understanding the use of drugs for non-therapeutic purposes. The associated problems are increasingly regarded as having psychological, biological and social dimensions. There is a growing acceptance that the hazardous consumption of alcohol and other drugs can both result from and exacerbate poor socioeconomic conditions. Sustained action to combat drug-related problems is needed on a broad front; there is no panacea.
authors.affiliation: Alcohol and Drugs Services, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wodak
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003906:Developing Countries; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D013020:South America / Q000453:epidemiology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs