Substance Abuse: A Reference Handbook
David E. Newton, "Substance Abuse: A Reference Handbook, 2nd Edition"
ISBN: 1440854777 | 2017 | EPUB | 366 pages | 6 MB
This go-to resource on substance abuse supplies the broad background knowledge and historical information needed to understand this important sociological issue and provides readers with a range of additional sources for continuing their study of the topic.
• Offers a broad introduction to the physiological, anatomical, and psychological changes associated with substance use and a variety of perspectives from subject experts with special knowledge of and/or experience with substance abuse problems
• Provides an easily accessible list of nearly 100 books, articles, reports, and electronic sources with additional information on the topic of substance abuse
• Addresses sociological aspects of drug use and the current debate over the legalization of certain drugs, such as medical and recreational marijuana
• Includes a collection of relevant data and documents, an extensive annotated bibliography, a chronology, and a glossary