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Understanding Drug Use and Abuse
A Global Perspective
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Understanding Drug Use and Abuse
A Global Perspective
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Addressing drug use and abuse as a global phenomenon, this text draws on contemporary and international research findings to examine the causes of drug use in different countries and to explore different policy responses to its prevention and treatment. It is an invaluable resource for students, practitioners and anyone concerned with drug use.
Table of Contents
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Substance Abuse: a Growing Social Problem
2. Scope of the Issue: Prevalence of Drug Abuse
3. Prohibition of Alcohol and Opiates
4. Social Marketing Perspective
PART II: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
5. Sociological Perspectives
6. Criminological Perspectives
7. Psychological Perspectives
8. Physiological Perspectives
PART III: RESPONSES
9. Public Policy: Criminal Justice Responses
10. Public Policy: Public Health Responses
11. Prevention
12. Treatment
PART IV: CONCLUSION
13. Recommendations and Afterthoughts.
1. Substance Abuse: a Growing Social Problem
2. Scope of the Issue: Prevalence of Drug Abuse
3. Prohibition of Alcohol and Opiates
4. Social Marketing Perspective
PART II: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
5. Sociological Perspectives
6. Criminological Perspectives
7. Psychological Perspectives
8. Physiological Perspectives
PART III: RESPONSES
9. Public Policy: Criminal Justice Responses
10. Public Policy: Public Health Responses
11. Prevention
12. Treatment
PART IV: CONCLUSION
13. Recommendations and Afterthoughts.
Product details
| Published | May 30 2014 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 232 |
| ISBN | 9781350314276 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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