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Drug use and abuse : a comprehensive introduction / Howard Abadinsky.

By: Australia : Wadsworth/Cengage Learning, ©2014Edition: 8th ed., International edDescription: xv, 399 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781285070407
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 362.290973/Ab14
Other classification:
  • CAS
Contents:
Ch.1. An Introduction to Drug Use and Abuse -- Ch.2. The Biology of Psychoactive Substances -- Ch.3. Depressants -- Ch.4. Stimulants -- Ch.5. Hallucinogens, Marijuana, Inhalants, and Presciption Drugs -- Ch.6. Psychology and Sociology of Drug Use -- Ch.7. Preventing and Treating Drug Use -- Ch.8. History of Drug Use and Drug Legislation -- Ch.9. Drug Trafficking -- Ch.10. Drug Laws and Law Enforcement -- Ch.11. United States Drug Policy -- Ch.12. Decriminalization, Legalization, and Harm Reduction.
Summary: elivers an interdisciplinary survey of all aspects of drug and alcohol abuse. In this title, the author explores history of drugs, their impact on society, pharmacological impact of drugs on body, drug policy implications, criminal justice system response, law enforcement, theories of use, and effects, treatment, and prevention of abuse.
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Previous ed.: 2011.

Ch.1. An Introduction to Drug Use and Abuse -- Ch.2. The Biology of Psychoactive Substances -- Ch.3. Depressants -- Ch.4. Stimulants -- Ch.5. Hallucinogens, Marijuana, Inhalants, and Presciption Drugs -- Ch.6. Psychology and Sociology of Drug Use -- Ch.7. Preventing and Treating Drug Use -- Ch.8. History of Drug Use and Drug Legislation -- Ch.9. Drug Trafficking -- Ch.10. Drug Laws and Law Enforcement -- Ch.11. United States Drug Policy -- Ch.12. Decriminalization, Legalization, and Harm Reduction.

elivers an interdisciplinary survey of all aspects of drug and alcohol abuse. In this title, the author explores history of drugs, their impact on society, pharmacological impact of drugs on body, drug policy implications, criminal justice system response, law enforcement, theories of use, and effects, treatment, and prevention of abuse.

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