Drugs Across the Spectrum

Name: Drugs Across the Spectrum
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ISBN: 9780495013457

ISBN-10: 0495013455

ISBN-13: 9780495013457

Edition: 5th 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Raymond Goldberg

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Considered the most comprehensive drug text on the market, Goldberg's four-color text encourages readers to examine the motivation for drug use, social implications of drug use, legal ramifications, and factors affecting how drugs interact with the human body. It provides a look at the history and culture surroundings of drug use and abuse, key information regarding specific types of drugs, and a review of drug treatment, education, and prevention approaches and programs.

Book details

List price: $217.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Publication date: 5/26/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English




An Overall Perspective



Drugs in Perspective



Drugs in Contemporary Society



Motivation for Drug Use



Drugs and the Law



The Pharmacology and Physiology of Drug Use



Categories of Drugs



Alcohol



Tobacco



Narcotics



Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs



Psychotherapeutic Drugs



Stimulants: Cocaine, Amphetamines, and Caffeine



Marijuana



Hallucinogens



Over-the-Counter Drugs



Treatment and Prevention



Substance Abuse Treatment



Drug Prevention and Education


Bibliography


Answers


Glossary


Index