Video: Nick Heather on controlled drinking and the relationship to harm reduction

Footnotes

1) Paper: Heather, N. (2006). Controlled drinking, harm reduction and their roles in the response to alcohol-related harm.

Heather, N. (2006). Controlled drinking, harm reduction and their roles in the response to alcohol-related harm. Addiction Research & Theory, 14, 7-18.

2) Paper: Addiction Research & Theory. Introduction to special issue

Coldwell, B., & Heather, N. (2006). Introduction to the special issue. Addiction Research & Theory, 14, 1-5.

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Nick Heather on controlled drinking and the relationship to harm reduction