The Globalisation of Addiction : Bruce Alexander

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Aberdour

EVENT THEME

With Scotland’s Futures Forum and KDOS

EVENT SUMMARY

Bruce K Alexander, Author of The Globalisation of Addiction: A study in Poverty of the Spirit [2008 OUP] is a psychologist and Professor Emeritus at Simon Fraser University, Canada, where he has worked since 1970. His primary research interest has been the psychology of addiction. He is best known in the UK and the US for the ‘Rat Park’ experiments, which helped to demonstrate the falsity of the outworn belief that simple exposure to narcotic drugs…
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WITH BRUCE ALEXANDER

A SEMINAR FROM SCOTLAND’S FUTURES FORUM AND KDOS

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FEAD – Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs

The Globalisation of Addiction : Bruce Alexander