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. |
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... cocaine and its associated problems has produced concern (at times verging upon hysteria). The development of crack cocaine use in the UK and in other European countries has taken a different path from that in the US, where the use of ...
... cocaine and its associated problems has produced concern (at times verging upon hysteria). The development of crack cocaine use in the UK and in other European countries has taken a different path from that in the US, where the use of ...
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... cocaine are drugs . Nor is this a clever play on words . 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 ...
... cocaine are drugs . Nor is this a clever play on words . 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 ...
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... cocaine are drugs. All are drugs in the same sense of the term, though that does not mean that all drugs are the same or that there are no differences in the risks associated with using these different substances. Dictionaries are ...
... cocaine are drugs. All are drugs in the same sense of the term, though that does not mean that all drugs are the same or that there are no differences in the risks associated with using these different substances. Dictionaries are ...
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... cocaine are, supposedly, the worst of the 'bad' drugs. Prozac, Librium and Valium are 'good' drugs: alcohol tends to be classed as a 'good' drug even though we are becoming increasingly aware of the risks that can be associated with its ...
... cocaine are, supposedly, the worst of the 'bad' drugs. Prozac, Librium and Valium are 'good' drugs: alcohol tends to be classed as a 'good' drug even though we are becoming increasingly aware of the risks that can be associated with its ...
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... cocaine was 'killing a whole generation of our children' and 'tearing our country apart'. Words like 'plague' and 'crisis' had become standard terminology for discussion of the use of smokeable cocaine. The Americans lost no time in ...
... cocaine was 'killing a whole generation of our children' and 'tearing our country apart'. Words like 'plague' and 'crisis' had become standard terminology for discussion of the use of smokeable cocaine. The Americans lost no time in ...
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 | |
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