Editorial #36

LATELY, LONG DISCUSSIONS TAKE PLACE ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL with regards to the terminology often adopted by authors and scientific journals in the published papers, and the extent to which many of them may be stigmatizing for the people who use and abuse substances and their families. Today, the term “addict” “user” or “drug addict” […]

Editorial #34

Lately, due to the crisis caused by COVID-19 we have been dealing with great and sudden changes both personally and professionally. we’ve changed training methods and the way we interact on a daily basis; we have adopted practices we never would have imagined a year ago. EXARTISIS journal in its effort to remain close to […]

Editorial #35

It’s been several months now that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been experiencing many changes on a personal, professional and collective level. Despite the fact that these conditions have forced us to adapt to the new reality, with many restrictions on research and access in the field of addictions, at the same time […]

Editorial #27

The current issue is a tribute to a number of people who have dedicated their professional life in drug addiction treatment. The interviews presented hereby have already been published in our past issues, and were conducted by members of the Editorial group of EXARTISIS. Many more interviews than the ones included in this issue have […]

Editorial #26

The present issue of EXARTISEIS focuses on cannabis use and its implications. This decision was very much influenced by the debate that’s been going on for quite some time now, regarding the negative health effects from using the substance. Cannabis is the most widely spread substance globally. It maintains its place as the most prevailing […]

Editorial #28

The current issue includes four really interesting papers from Greek researchers in the field of drug addiction treatment. The first paper explores the relationship among graffiti, drug use and deviant behavior. The study focuses on interviews from practicing graffiti artists. Its findings indicate that graffiti may be related to the experimentation with and/or recreational use […]

Editorial note #33

Ιn this issue we focus on two important fields. The first one, is about the study and the investigation of family factors that may affect prevention, treatment and addiction, as well as the role that sports can play in these three fields. The first field is investigated with regard to the impact addiction may have […]

Editorial Note #30

The current issue includes very interesting papers, some of which deal with issues that may be discussed for the first time in Greece. One of these is the article co-authored by Eleftheria Kokkini, Charalampos Poulopoulos and Chara Spiliopoulou, which presents the results after having reviewed the records of 5,467 people who died during the period […]

Editorial Note #29

It is with great pleasure that the current issue is almost entirely compiled by publications from postgraduate students’ dissertations. They were students at the postgraduate course on Criminal Law and Addictions, organized by the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Law School of the University of Nicosia in Cyprus with the cooperation […]

Editorial Note #31

This issue of EXARTISEIS is yet another product of the very rich discussion around issues concerning important aspects of the consequences of drug addictions and drug addiction treatment. In the struggle of individuals for drug addiction treatment, for a second chance in life, the process of drug addiction treatment and social reintegration is a necessary […]