What is pharmacologys place in finding alternatives to alcohol?
London Journal of Psychopharmacology is proud to be publishing this leading research on the place of pharmacology in finding alternatives for alcohol. The following papers appear in the May 2006 issue: Critique: • Alcohol alternatives a goal for psychopharmacology, by David J Nutt, University of Bristol, UK Commentaries: • Alcohol alternatives a goal for psychopharmacology, by Ian Ragan, CIR Consulting UK • Harm reduction lessons learned from tobacco control, by Marcus R Munaf, University of Bristol, UK • For alcohol alternatives, the science is not the hardest part, by Robin Room, Stockholm University, Sweden • The regulatory challenges in engineering a safer tipple, by Wayne Hall, University of Queensland, Australia As Prof Nutt, Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Psychopharmacology, outlines in his piece, “Alcohol is a growing problem worldwide that some believe may have already overtaken tobacco in terms of overall health and social care costs because of the consequences of intoxication
