Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society

About our authors Dr. Charles Levinthal has written numerous books, including Introduction to Physiological Psychology (Prentice-Hall, 1979, 1983, 1990); Messengers of Paradise: Opiates and the Brain (Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1988); Point/Counterpoint: Opposing Perspectives on Issues of Drug Policy (Allyn and Bacon, 2003); Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society (Allyn and Bacon, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008; Pearson Education, 2010, 2012, 2014); Drugs, Society, and Criminal Justice (Pearson Education, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2016); and Drugs, Society, and Criminal Justice, 5th Edition with Lori Brusman-Lovins (Pearson Education, 2020). He served on the Faculty in the Department of Psychology at Hofstra University from 1971 to 2014 and as Department Chair from 2005 to 2013. His undergraduate and graduate teaching included courses in Biopsychology, Neural Bases of Behavior, Cognition and Perception, Drugs and Behavior, Statistics, and Research Methods. His journal articles and edited book publications have centered on areas of conditioning and learning, substance abuse and misuse, cognitive decision-making and risk theory, and reading disabilities and assessment. Among other honors, Dr. Levinthal was elected as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 2010.