South Eastern European Journal 

of Public Health 

Special Volume No. 6, 2022 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Addiction & Dependency 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions to a major health problem 
 
 

 

 

 

 

           

Jacobs Publishing House 

 



Executive Editor 

Prof. Dr. Genc Burazeri PhD 
Faculty of Medicine, St. Dibres, No. 371, Tirana, Albania, and                                                   

CAPHRI, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University,                                    

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Section Co-Editor 

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Section Co-Editor 

 

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Tirana, Albania 

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Jacobs Publishing House 

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SEEJPH 
South Eastern European 
Journal of Public Health 

www.seejph.com/ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Special Volume 6, 2022 
Publisher: Jacobs/Germany 

ISSN 2197-5248 

 

 

 

 

 



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Table of contents 

 

Editorials 

Utilising ‘new’ power strategies 

for public health education in 

addiction and dependency: 

learning from social media 

influencers 

Lisa O’Rourke Scott 

Case Study 

The Potential of Men’s Sheds as 

a Resource for Men Coping with 

Mental Health Challenges and 

Addiction 

Melinda Heinz 

Review Article 

Tribal Communities and 

Opioids 

Margo Hill 

Position Papers 

Connecting the Person by 

Removing the Stigma:  Why 

Ireland Should Follow the 

Portuguese Model of Drug 

Decriminalization 

Aisling Finucane, Jennifer 

Moran Stritch 

Commentary 

Researching Gambling: Have 

we learned nothing from Big 

Tobacco’s overt manipulation of 

science? 

Frank Houghton