Alcohol and Drugs of Addiction, Aggression and Violence

Dear Colleagues,

The use of cannabis and other addictive drugs, including alcohol, has been rising ever steadily over recent decades, and there has been a rise in violence connected to this use of addictive consumables. Their use and addictions in general can be extremely harmful. This is not only the case for the person using the substance, but with serious, adverse consequences for the public at large.

This Special Issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) focuses on how cannabis, alcohol and other addictive drugs cause violence. In the preceding years, death rates have increased drastically in relation to vehicular crashes, domestic abuse, homicides and suicides. This includes the consideration of mass attacks and other violent acts in relation to drugs and alcohol.

For this Special Issue, we invite scholars to submit papers related to all aspects of cannabis, methamphetamines, hallucinogens, alcohol and other addictive drugs. These submissions can include observational work, conductive research, and reviews of peer-review or grey literature. It is our hope hope researchers and scholars will view this opportunity as one to extend open and free academic communication focused on public health world-wide, for which we all strive for.

Dr. Norman S. Miller
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• drugs
• cannabis
• violence
• health and safety promotion
• illicit
• heavy use
• addiction
• substance use