The Society’s mission is to advance the scientific understanding of addictive products and behaviours and the use of this knowledge in policy and practice.
Interviews with key figures in the field of addiction
The Addiction Lives series aims to preserve the memories and experiences of people who work in the field of addiction. The most recent interview is with Dr Maristela Monteiro (medical doctor, founder of the Latin American Society of Biomedical Research on Alcoholism, and former senior advisor on alcohol at the Pan American Health Organization). She talks to Professor Thomas F Babor about raising the visibility of alcohol as a gender issue, and why scientific evidence is essential for countering industry narratives.
Read our journals
The Society owns two academic journals – Addiction and Addiction Biology – and invests its journal income back into the sector to support people, projects, and research in addiction science.
Listen to the Addiction Audio podcast
Addiction Audio is the podcast from Addiction journal, featuring interviews with authors about the findings and implications of their research.
