This book covers issues such as diagnosis, epidemiology, psychological and biological models and treatments and draws on the research of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, and on a variety of international surveys. Acknowledgements, Series Preface, The Nature of Addiction, Who Becomes Addicted?, The Health Consequences of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependence, Theories of Addiction: Causes and Maintenance of Addiction, Alcohol, Nicotine, Cannabis, Opiates, Psychostimulants: Amphetamines and Cocaine, Addiction: The Highs and Lows, References, Further Reading, Author and Subject Index.