Beyond Drugs
Beyond Drugs is a 12-chapter book that first presents the critical issues and definitions involved in the study of drug abuse. Subsequent chapters describe the effects of drugs, the drug users, and the contemporary drug culture. Other chapters talk about education, prevention, treatment, and legal control efforts of drug abuse. This book will be useful to those who are generally concerned about drug abuse
1 online resource (305 pages)
9781483157450, 1483157458
1040603207
Front Cover; Beyond Drugs; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; The Author; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. Critical Issues and Definitions; WHAT IS A DRUG?; FACTORS AFFECTING THE USE AND MISUSE OF DRUGS; THE HISTORY OF DRUG USE AS A PROBLEM; PROJECTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 2. Drugs: What They Do!; CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS; THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND DRUGS; DRUG ACTION; DEPRESSANTS; STIMULANTS; HALLUCINOGENS; SOME EFFECTS DURING DRUG USE AND OVERDOSE; PROJECTS; CHAPTER 3. Drug Users: Who Are They?; BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS; ADAPTATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; DRUG ORIENTATION. CHARACTERISTICS AND BEHAVIOR OF DRUG USERSPROJECTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 4. Grim Fairy Tales; PROJECTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 5. The Contemporary Drug Culture: Sights and Sounds; MARIJUANA; PILLS; HEROIN; COCAINE; HALLUCINOGENS; SPREADING DRUG USE; COMMERCIALS AND ADVERTISEMENTS; PROJECTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 6. What Do I Do? What Do I Say?; PROTECTING A CHILD FROM EXCESSIVE CONCERN ABOUT DRUGS; INTERVENING IN DRUG EXPERIMENTATION; INTERVENING IN A DRUG-ORIENTED COMMITMENT; PROJECTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 7. Education and Prevention; DRUGS; ABSTAINERS; ACTIVE DRUG USERS AND MISUSERS. INTERVENTION AGENTSGENERAL COMMUNITY; PROJECTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 8. Treatment: Who For? What For?; EVALUATION; TREATMENT GOALS; TREATMENT MODALITIES; TREATMENT REEVALUATION; FOLLOW-UP EVALUATIONS; PROJECTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 9. Politics and Drug Use; PROJECTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 10. Economic Aspects and Drug Use; LEGAL COMPONENTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 11. Legal Control Efforts; LEGISLATED REHABILITATION; PROJECTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 12. Toward a People
Oriented Life; PROJECTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Glossary; Resources; Index