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1 online resource (436 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Basic Concepts; Chapter 1 Who Uses Drugs?; Drugs and the Young; Adults and Drug Use; Ethnicity and Drug Use; Drugs and the Workplace; Drug Use Among the Affluent; Summary; Chapter 2 Classifying Mood-Altering Drugs; Type of Classification; Differences and Similarities Among Drug Groups; Designer Drugs; Club Drugs; Performance-Enhancing Drugs; Summary; Chapter 3 Habituation, Dependency, and Addiction; Defining Terms; Effects of Drugs on the Brain; Chapter 4 Why People Use Drugs |
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Initiating Drug UseBiological Determinants; Psychological Factors; Environment and Conditioning; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Identifying Inappropriate Drug Use and Drug Dependency; Signs and Symptoms of Drug Use; Addressing Drug Abuse in Your Children; Laboratory Aids to Identify Alcohol and Drug Use; The Value of Identifying Drug Users; Chapter 6 Treating Drug Dependency; Available Treatment Modalities; Evaluation of Treatment; After Treatment; The Law and Drug Treatment; Part II: Mood-Altering Drugs; Chapter 7 Alcohol; Patterns of Use; Costs of Drinking; Common Alcoholic Beverages |
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How Alcohol Is Handled by the BodyEffects of Environment; Interaction with Other Drugs; Dependency and Withdrawal; Adverse Effects; Diagnosis; Reasons for Excessive Drinking; Alcoholism: A Disease or a Psychological Disorder?; Summary; Chapter 8 Central Nervous System Depressants and Antianxiety Agents; Patterns of Use; Barbiturates; Nonbarbiturate Hypnotics and Sedatives; Other Central Nervous System Depressants; Benzodiazepines; Miscellaneous Antianxiety Agents; Chapter 9 Powerful Hallucinogens, Phencyclidine, and Ecstasy; Classification; Adverse Effects of Hallucinogens; Ecstasy |
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PhencyclidineKetamine; Chapter 10 Marijuana; Reefer Madness; Patterns of Use; Tolerance, Dependency, and Withdrawal; Adverse Effects; Moving to Stronger Drugs; Medical Uses of Marijuana; Conclusion; Chapter 11 Opiates and Opioids; Opium Preparations; Action of Opioids on the Brain; Effects of Opioids on the Body; Tolerance, Dependency, and Withdrawal; Opioids Susceptible to Nonmedical Use; Opiate Agonists-Antagonists; Partial Opioid Receptor Agonists; Chapter 12 Heroin Addiction; Heroin from Opium: The Street Trade; Getting High and Coming Down; Prevalence; Adverse Effects |
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The Challenge of Treating Heroin AddictionMeasuring Treatment Effectiveness; Chapter 13 Amphetamines, Amphetamine-like Drugs, and Caffeine; Amphetamines; Amphetamine-Like Drugs; Caffeine; Chapter 14 Cocaine; Patterns of Use; Cocaine Metabolism; Dependency, Tolerance, and Addiction; Adverse Effects of Cocaine; Treatment of Cocaine Dependency; Chapter 15 Nicotine; Cigarette Smokers Today; Available Nicotine Products; Ingredients in Tobacco; Dependency, Tolerance, Addiction, and Withdrawal; Adverse Effects of Smoking; Treatment; Chapter 16 Volatile Solvents, Anesthetics, and Organic Nitrites |
| Summary |
Gain a fuller understanding of substance addiction and treatment options!Originally published in 1992 as The Facts About Drug Use, this updated edition contains new information about the effects of alcohol and recreational, mood-altering drugs on the body. The multiple causes of drug use and the options available to those dependent on drugs as a way of life are thoroughly and clearly described. Drug use affects nearly 1 out of 2 Americans and cuts across every social and economic boundary. The effects of addiction on the individual are great, and the cumulative effects on s |
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Volatile Solvents |
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Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation.
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Alcoholism -- Treatment.
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Alcoholism.
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Drug abuse -- Treatment.
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Drug abuse.
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Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation.
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Drug addiction -- Treatment.
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Drug addiction.
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alcoholism.
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drug addiction.
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drug abuse.
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Drug addiction -- Treatment
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Drug addiction
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Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation
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Alcoholism
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Alcoholism -- Treatment
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Drug abuse
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Drug abuse -- Treatment
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Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317790105 |
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1317790103 |
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