Drugs Across the Spectrum

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Av Raymond Goldberg, Pardess Mitchell, Raymond (Harper College) Goldberg, Pardess (Vance-Granville Community College) Mitchell

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DRUGS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM invites you to examine the motivation for drug use, the social implications of drug use, legal ramifications, and factors affecting how drugs interact with the human body. The ninth edition looks at the history and culture surrounding drug use and abuse, provides key information regarding specific types of drugs and reviews drug treatment, education and prevention approaches and programs. Using active learning features like "Fact or Fiction" and "Thinking Critically" questions, authors Goldberg and Mitchell help you understand the issues of drugs in society today.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-01-18
Mått85 x 8 x 107 mm
Vikt930 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor384
Upplaga9
FörlagCengage Learning
ISBN9780357852651

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Pardess Mitchell is a professor in the Kinesiology and Health Education Department at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois. Prior to working at Harper College, Pardess worked as a middle school Health Education teacher. At Harper College, she teaches Drugs in Our Culture and several other Health Education classes in both classroom and online settings. Pardess received her bachelor's in Health Education from the University of Maryland, her master's in Health Education from Southern Illinois University and her doctorate in Education, Curriculum and Instruction, from Northern Illinois University. Raymond Goldberg was a professor of Health Education at the State University of New York where he taught a variety of drug-related courses, authored numerous articles on health- and drug-related topics, and received several significant research grants for his work in Health and Drug education. He also served as the Associate Dean for the School of Professional Studies. In addition, Ray was the dean of Health Sciences at Vance-Granville Community College in North Carolina. Ray earned a PhD in Health Education from the University of Toledo. He currently serves as a Drug Education Consultant.

1. Drugs in Perspective.2. Drugs in Contemporary Society.3. Motivations for Drug Use.4. Drugs and the Law.5. The Pharmacology and Physiology of Drug Use.6. Alcohol.7. Tobacco.8. Narcotics.9. Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs.10. Psychotherapeutic Drugs11. Stimulants: Cocaine, Amphetamines, Methamphetamines, and Caffeine.12. Marijuana.13. Hallucinogens.14. Over-the-Counter Drugs.15. Substance Abuse Treatment.16. Drug Prevention and Education.Bibliography.Glossary.Index.