Drug use and abuse

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Title:

Drug use and abuse

Author:

Maisto, Stephen A.

ISBN:

9780155083561

Personal Author:

Maisto, Stephen A.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publication Information:

Fort Worth : Harcourt Brace College Publishers, c1999.

Physical Description:

xv, 480 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Drug use and abuse: general issues -- Ch. 2. Drug use: yesterday and today -- Ch. 3. Drugs and the nervous system -- Ch. 4. Pharmacology -- Ch. 5. Psychopharmacology and new drug development -- Ch. 6. Cocaine and amphetamines -- Ch. 7. Nicotine -- Ch. 8. Caffeine -- Ch. 9. Alcohol -- Ch. 10. Depressants -- Ch. 11. Psychiatric drugs -- Ch. 12. Opiates -- Ch. 13. Marijuana -- Ch. 14. Hallucinogens -- Ch. 15. Other prescription and over-the-counter drugs -- Ch. 16. Treatment of substance-use disorders -- Ch. 17. Prevention of substance abuse.

Subject Term:

Drugs of abuse.

Substance abuse -- United States.

Drug abuse -- United States.

Added Author:

Galizio, Mark.

Connors, Gerard Joseph.

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Summary

Interdisciplinary in its coverage of drug issues, this comprehensive text examines drug use and abuse from historical, cultural, social, psychological, biological, and medical perspectives. The third edition features enhanced coverage of substance abuse prevention and treatment and includes discussion of many contemporary issues. The author's explanatory writing style enables all levels of students to understand the sometimes difficult concepts presented in the text.