CURRICULUM VITAE
Grazia Zuffa
Psychologist and psychotherapist, works in the field of drug use and
drug addiction. Her recent research activity has focused on drug use in
natural settings.
She was former professor of Drug Addiction Psychology at the Faculty
of Psychology, University of Florence.
From 1987 to 1994, she was member of the Italian Parliament (Senate
of the Republic), where her work focused on gender issues, reproductive
technologies, prisoners’ human rights and other social problems.
From 1998 to 2010, she was the chief editor of Fuoriluogo, a monthly
magazine on drugs and social marginality, published as supplement to a
leading national daily paper (Il Manifesto). She was also member of the
National Advisory Council on Drug Addiction (1998-2001), of the National
Scientific Committee on Drug Addiction (2006-2008), of the Regional
Committee of Bioethics of Tuscany (1996-2000).
Since 2006, she has been member of the National Committee of
Bioethics.
Among her books: L’eclisse della madre (1998, Pratiche Editrice) coauthored with Maria Luisa Boccia, I drogati e gli altri (2000, Sellerio), Droghe
e riduzione del danno, un approccio di psicologia di comunità (2002, Unicopli)
co-authored with Patrizia Meringolo. She has edited Cocaina, il consumo
controllato (2010, Edizioni Gruppo Abele).