Fred Leavitt is professor of psychology at California State University, Hayward.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 Part I: The Pharmaceutical / Medical ComplexChapter 3 A Significant Portion of Medical Research Cannon Be TrustedChapter 4 Drug Companies Place Profits over ProgressChapter 5 Medical Personnel Prescribe Incorrectly Too OftenChapter 6 Human Subjects Have Often Been Treated InhumanelyPart 7 Drugs in PsychiatryChapter 8 U.S. Citizens Are Overmedicated with Psychiatric DrugsChapter 9 There Are Effective Alternatives to Psychiatric DrugsPart 10 The Wars on DrugsChapter 11 Widely Believed Misperceptions about Drug Addiction Do Great HarmChapter 12 Most Citizens Are Harmed Rather then Helped by the Drug WarsChapter 13 Many Drugs Are DangerousChapter 14 Extensive Marketing of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Caffeine Causes Great HarmChapter 15 Many Individuals and Organizations Benefit from the Drug WarsChapter 16 Popular Programs for Combating Drug Abuse Are Unsuccessful, While Effective Programs Are UnderusedPart 17 Appendix: A Brief Introduction to PharmacologyChapter 18 How Drugs WorkChapter 19 Classification of Psychoactive DrugsChapter 20 VariabilityPart 21 Epilogue

The Real Drug Abusers is a devastating presentation of the propaganda and deceit that defines the pharmaceutical industry. This book presents a fascinating glimpse of the academic, economic, and medical abuses that are associated with legal drugs.