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SUBMITTER: Rehm J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6801613 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rehm Jürgen J Crépault Jean-François JF Hasan Omer S M OSM Lachenmeier Dirk W DW Room Robin R Sornpaisarn Bundit B
International journal of environmental research and public health 20191004 19
The object of this contribution based on a systematic review of the literature is to examine to what degree the level of use and potency play a role in regulatory policies for alcohol, other psychoactive substances and gambling, and whether there is an evidence base for this role. Level of use is usually defined around a behavioural pattern of the user (for example, cigarettes smoked per day, or average ethanol use in grams per day), while potency is defined as a property or characteristic of th ...[more]