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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... heroin has increased greatly during the past 25 years. Patterns of heroin use have also changed. At one time, heroin was taken almost exclusively by injection. Many heroin users in the UK as well as in Asia now take heroin by smoking ...
... heroin has increased greatly during the past 25 years. Patterns of heroin use have also changed. At one time, heroin was taken almost exclusively by injection. Many heroin users in the UK as well as in Asia now take heroin by smoking ...
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... heroin but with restricted access to clean injecting equipment and little or no contact with services which might advise them or respond to their needs. Worse still, some of the existing local responses and attitudes to drug taking made ...
... heroin but with restricted access to clean injecting equipment and little or no contact with services which might advise them or respond to their needs. Worse still, some of the existing local responses and attitudes to drug taking made ...
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... heroin 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 ...
... heroin 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 ...
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... heroin and all the paraphernalia of the junkie dropout. It is surrounded by all manner of sinister implications which reinforce the view that the use of drugs is a strange, deviant and inexplicable form of behaviour - possibly even a ...
... heroin and all the paraphernalia of the junkie dropout. It is surrounded by all manner of sinister implications which reinforce the view that the use of drugs is a strange, deviant and inexplicable form of behaviour - possibly even a ...
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... Heroin and 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 ...
... Heroin and 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 ...
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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