A "drug abuse" theoretical integration: a transdisciplinary speculation.
This article attempts to integrate previous articles in this issue into an integrative statement that addresses the concept of drug abuse and drug abuse prevention from a transdisciplinary perspective. It is argued that there are two types of drug misusers. There are drug experimenters who make mistakes and drug misusers who utilize drugs as a means to counteract a baseline state of "dis-balance." Prevention must address remediation of this dis-balance for the latter type of drug misuser.
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Steve
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Departments of Preventive Medicine and Psychology, Institute for Prevention Research, University of Southern California, Alhambra, California 91803, USA. ssussma@hsc.usc.edu
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Jennifer B
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D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*