Understanding Drug Use and Abuse

A Global Perspective

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

AvBenjamin P. Bowser,Carl O. Word,Toby Seddon

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Addressing drug use and abuse as a global phenomenon, this text draws on contemporary and international research findings to examine the causes of drug use in different countries and to explore different policy responses to its prevention and treatment. It is an invaluable resource for students, practitioners and anyone concerned with drug use.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-06-06
Mått155 x 235 x 13 mm
Vikt331 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor232
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9780230303317

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PART I: INTRODUCTION1. Substance Abuse: a Growing Social Problem2. Scope of the Issue: Prevalence of Drug Abuse3. Prohibition of Alcohol and Opiates4. Social Marketing PerspectivePART II: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES5. Sociological Perspectives6. Criminological Perspectives7. Psychological Perspectives8. Physiological PerspectivesPART III: RESPONSES9. Public Policy: Criminal Justice Responses10. Public Policy: Public Health Responses11. Prevention12. TreatmentPART IV: CONCLUSION13. Recommendations and Afterthoughts.

Understanding Drug Use and Abuse: A Global Perspective is an ambitious text that covers a lot of pertinent issues ranging from the historical development of drug policy to the physiology of drug use … Understanding Drug Use and Abuse is definitely a student text that explains many of the taken-for-granted assumptions often evident in other books on drugs … The book is well written and is a good text for both students and academics alike.