Living with DrugsNow in its sixth edition, Living with Drugs continues to be a well-respected and indispensable reference tool. Michael Gossop has updated this new edition to take account of new laws and practices that have come in to place since the previous edition, published in 2000. Written in an accessible style and providing a balanced perspective, the book is ideal for non-specialists in training, such as student nurses and social workers and for anyone with an interest in this complex, ever-present and emotive issue. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 93
Page
... alcohol and tobacco industries continue to prosper and to feed the national governments who derive taxes from them. The global trade in illegal drugs continues to expand, and is estimated (United Nations, 1998) as being worth about $400 ...
... alcohol and tobacco industries continue to prosper and to feed the national governments who derive taxes from them. The global trade in illegal drugs continues to expand, and is estimated (United Nations, 1998) as being worth about $400 ...
Page
... Alcohol , that most domesticated drug , is a very powerful intoxicant . It can produce dramatic changes in people's behaviour and it can cause many different sorts of illness and health damage , including cancers and brain damage . The ...
... Alcohol , that most domesticated drug , is a very powerful intoxicant . It can produce dramatic changes in people's behaviour and it can cause many different sorts of illness and health damage , including cancers and brain damage . The ...
Page
... alcohol or cigarettes are more dangerous than the illegal drugs, or that all drugs are equally dangerous (or equally safe). It is true that the number of casualties of cigarettes and alcohol is much greater than that of illegal drug use ...
... alcohol or cigarettes are more dangerous than the illegal drugs, or that all drugs are equally dangerous (or equally safe). It is true that the number of casualties of cigarettes and alcohol is much greater than that of illegal drug use ...
Page
... Alcohol Services Council, Adelaide) and Maggie Brady (at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Islander Studies). I would like to thank John Witton, formerly of the Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence, and currently ...
... Alcohol Services Council, Adelaide) and Maggie Brady (at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Islander Studies). I would like to thank John Witton, formerly of the Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence, and currently ...
Page
... alcohol, of sleeping tablets or of tranquillizers is quite different from their use of heroin. But are the two sorts of drug taking really so dissimilar? The emotional reaction that is so common whenever drugs and drug taking are ...
... alcohol, of sleeping tablets or of tranquillizers is quite different from their use of heroin. But are the two sorts of drug taking really so dissimilar? The emotional reaction that is so common whenever drugs and drug taking are ...
Contents
The Social Context | |
Chemical Comforts | |
Alcohol | |
Cannabis | |
The Hallucinogens | |
Archetypal Drugs of Abuse | |
The Control of Drugs | |
Junkie Myths | |
Doors in the Wall | |
Selected Bibliography | |
Index | |
Tobacco | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
alcohol American amount amphetamines Anslinger associated barbiturates become behaviour benzodiazepines brain caffeine cannabis users cause cent century changes chemical cigarette smoking cocaine coffee consumption coronary heart disease countries crack crack cocaine damage dangerous death dependence described diazepam doctors doses drinkers drug addiction drug injectors drug taking drug users drunkenness ecstasy effects evidence experience feelings forms of drug habit hallucinogenic harmful heroin heroin addiction heroin users hippies HIV infection illegal drugs increase injection intoxication involved less levels liver Living with Drugs London lung cancer mescaline methadone methamphetamine million misused morphine nicotine opiate addicts opiates opium overdose patients person physical physiological placebo poisoning prescribed prescription problems produce prohibition psilocybin psychoactive drugs psychological reduce reported result risk seems sexual social society sort stimulant substances suggested symptoms tablets takers tobacco tobacco smoke tranquillizers treatment usually Valium Vietnam wine withdrawal