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NEUROSCIENCE OF PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE USE AND DEPENDENCE

Distributive justice 226
Conflicts of interest 226
Trials of preventive pharmacological interventions for substance
dependence 227
Early intervention studies 227
Preventive use of drug immunotherapies 229
Implications of neuroscience research for models of substance
dependence 231
Implications of neuroscience research for the treatment of substance
dependence 232
Access to treatment 232
Legally coerced treatment 232
Summary and conclusions 235

Chapter 8. Conclusion and Implications for Public Health Policy 241
Introduction 241
Advances in the neuroscience of psychoactive substance use and
dependence and their implications 241
Potential advances in policy, prevention and treatment 243
Ethical issues in the application of neuroscience findings 244
Implications for public health policy 247
Conclusion 248

Index 251

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