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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... crack 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 ...
... crack 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 ...
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... crack are in fact caused by poverty and inflamed by social alienation. This is true, for example, of a great deal of the crime and violence that has been associated with crack in the US. A considered political response to such drug ...
... crack are in fact caused by poverty and inflamed by social alienation. This is true, for example, of a great deal of the crime and violence that has been associated with crack in the US. A considered political response to such drug ...
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... crack 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 ...
... crack 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 ...
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... crack of doom' which threatened our cities (Daily Star), 'an epidemic of the killer drug crack' (Cambridge Evening News) and 'crack highway to oblivion' (Liverpool Echo). More appropriate headlines might have been 'Newspapers Overdose ...
... crack of doom' which threatened our cities (Daily Star), 'an epidemic of the killer drug crack' (Cambridge Evening News) and 'crack highway to oblivion' (Liverpool Echo). More appropriate headlines might have been 'Newspapers Overdose ...
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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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