Addiction Research Centres and the Nurturing of Creativity. National Institute on Alcohol and Drugs Policies, Brazil

• Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) Vol. 107; no. 4; pp. 727 - 732
• Main Authors: Laranjeira, Ronaldo, Mitsuhiro, Sandro Sendin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2012; Blackwell
• Subjects: Academies and Institutes - organization & administration; Addiction; Addictive behaviors; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Alcohol; Alcohol Drinking - legislation & jurisprudence; Alcohol use; Alcohol-Related Disorders - prevention & control; Biological and medical sciences; Brazil; Brazilians; Colleges and universities; Community Mental Health Services; Consumption; Creativity; Drinking Behavior; Drug abuse; Drug addiction; Drug policy; Drugs; Economics; Education; Epidemiologic Research Design; Epidemiology; General aspects; Health; Health Personnel - education; Health Policy - legislation & jurisprudence; Humans; Information; Information Dissemination; Internet; Interprofessional Relations; Markets; medical economics; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Organizational Objectives; policy analysis; Politics; Population; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; pubilc health; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Public Policy; Public Policy - legislation & jurisprudence; Research - organization & administration; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Staff Development; Substance-Related Disorders - prevention & control; Telemedicine; South America; Brazil; America; Brazil, Sao Paulo; Human; Drug; Drug addiction; Ethanol; drugs; pubilc health; Alcohol; Epidemiology; Creativity; Alcoholic beverage; medical economics; Health policy; Addiction; Analysis; Health economy; Scientific research; policy analysis; Drug of abuse; Public health
• ISSN: 0965-2140; 1360-0443; 1360-0443
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03380.x

ABSTRACT The National Institute of Public Policy for Alcohol and Other Drugs (INPAD) is based at the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil, and was created to collect scientific evidence regarding epidemiology, develop new therapeutic approaches, study health economics and provide education to subsidize the proper measures to change the Brazilian scenario of alcohol and drug consumption. Policies directed towards the control of alcohol and drugs in Brazil are fragmented, poorly enforced and therefore ineffective. The unregulated market of alcohol in Brazil has contributed to the worsening health of the Brazilian population. Since 1994, INPAD has participated actively in academic debates and discussions about alcohol and drug policies and their effects on the political welfare of the country. Many scientific papers and books have been published on this subject, and the internet and other media have provided excellent opportunities for the dissemination of specialized information to the general population.