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Drug Use and Misuse
A Reader
Open University(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 28. October 1987
Book
Paperback/Softback
210 pages
978-0-471-91684-0 (ISBN)
Description
Most people use drugs, whether alcohol, tobacco, tranquillisers or painkillers. Sadly, widespread drug use is associated with a huge toll of adverse consequences, including drug dependence, harmful physical side-effects, public order offences and many social problems. This selective and highly informative guide to the drug field has been produced with a view to training members of the health care professions in the subject of drug abuse. It combines research findings with practical issues, and in doing so presents a comprehensive overview of the background to the subject.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations, index
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 210 mm
Weight
475 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-91684-0 (9780471916840)
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Content
Overview of the Use and Misuse of Drugs; Addiction: A Challenge to Society; Patterns of Drug Taking in Britain; Is Alcoholism a Disease?; Heroin Now: Bringing it all Back Home; Findings of a National Survey of the Role of General Practitioners in the Treatment of Opiate Misuse; Drug Abuse Briefing; Understanding Drug Use; The Infective Complications of Drug Misuse; Benzodiazepine Withdrawl; Unemployment and Illegal Drug Use; Concordant Evidence from a Prospective Study and National Trends; Becoming a Heroin User and Heroin Using Careers; Alcohol Problems and the Family; Becoming a Marijuana User; Smoking in Pregnancy: The Attitudes of Expectant Mothers; Historical and Political Perspective: Women and Drug Use; Taking Care of Business - the Heroin User's Life on the Street; Tackling Drug Misuse: A Summary of the Government's Strategy, 2nd Edition; British Drug Policies in the 1980's; Can a War on Drugs Succeed?; The Rise and Fall of the Solvents Panic; Misuse of Drugs Act; Drink and Political Economy; Treatment and Change; Community Initiatives in Drug Treatment; Some Practical Approaches to the Problem Drug Taker; Recognition and Treatment of Alcohol-Related Disorders; Tranquilisers: Current Concerns and Treatment Practice; Preventing Drug Problems; Approaches to Prevention from Grass Roots to Campaigns: Implications for Health Educators.