Open AccessWhy do we need to control alcohol use through legislative measures? A south east asia perspective?
Author(s) -
Sahoo Saddichha,
Narayana Manjunatha,
Christoday Raja Jayant Khess
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.62583
Subject(s) - alcohol dependence , alcohol , medicine , opioid , addiction , opium , psychiatry , chemistry , political science , law , biochemistry , receptor
Even though prevalence of alcohol use in the world is very high, it has not been brought under legal control in several countries, contrary to other controlled substances like opium, cocaine, cannabis, and so on.