Annual Editions : Drugs, Society, and Behavior 07/08

by Wilson, Hugh T.

• ISBN13: 9780073397429
• ISBN10: 0073397423
• Edition: 22nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-23
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

Summary

This Twenty-Second Edition of ANNUAL EDITIONS: DRUGS, SOCIETY, AND BEHAVIOR 07/08 provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews for each section; a topical index; and an instructor's resource guide with testing materials. USING ANNUAL EDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM is offered as a practical guide for instructors. ANNUAL EDITIONS titles are supported by our student website, www.dushkin.com/online.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Contents Unit 1. Living with Drugs 1. 45000My Addicted Son, David Sheff, New York Times Magazine, February 6, 2005 This is a father's story of losing his son to drugs. Every person with a loved one addicted to drugs can relate to this tragic story. 2. 45001Living the High Life: The Role of Drug Taking in Young People's Lives, Karenza Moore and Steven Miles, Drugs and Alcohol Today, August 2005 The vast majority of young drug users see drug use as a positive experience. Read this article and discover the views the authors hold regarding the social roles of drug use. 3. 45002Balding, Wrinkled and Stoned, Jeffrey Kluger and Jeffrey Ressner, Time, January 23, 2006 The 1960s are gone, but for some baby boomers, the drugs are not. This article provides a guide to the costs of a forty-year high. 4. 41365America's Most Dangerous Drug, David J. Jefferson, Newsweek, August 8, 2005 It creates a potent, long-lasting high-until the user crashes and, too often, literally burns. Shown here is how meth quietly marched across the country and up the socioeconomic ladder-and the wreckage it leaves in its wake. Are the Feds doing all they can to contain this epidemic? 5. 45003With Scenes of Blood and Pain, Ads Battle Methamphetamine in Montana, Kate Zernike, New York Times National, March 3, 2006 The Montana Meth Project-a saturation ad campaign targeting methamphetamine abuse in Montana-has residents talking. As one Montana teenager said, "It's like watching a car wreck, you can't take your eyes off it." 6. 45004My Mother: The Narc, Sarah Childress and Ellen F. Harris, Newsweek, April 10, 2006 Do home drug-testing kits help or hurt teens? Is this the right way to come clean? Find out how the idea of home drug testing is received. 7. 45005Pass the Weed, Dad, Marni Jackson, Maclean's, November 7, 2005 Parents smoking dope with their kids-what are they thinking? Marni Jackson discusses the reality of children who's parents used marijuana and the affects this has on them. 8. 45006Did Prohibition Really Work?: Alcohol Prohibition as a Public Health Innovation, Jack S. Blocker, Jr., American Journal of Public Health, February 2006 This article discusses the legacies of Prohibition from diverse historical perspectives. Is failure the correct work to associate with this complex social process? Unit 2. Understanding How Drugs Work-Use, Dependency, and Addiction 9. 45007Addiction Is a Brain Disease, Alan I. Leshner, Issues in Science and Technology, Spring 2001 How often do the latest scientific discoveries related to addiction get translated into practice when addressing drug abuse? How is the "brain-based" view of addiction changing the way we think about it? 10. 40083Predicting Addiction, Lisa N. Legrand, William G. Iacono, and Matt McGue, American Scientist, March-April 2005 The science of behavioral genetics has used twins and time to decipher the origins of addiction to help learn who is most vulnerable. Some markers of risk are analyzed. 11. 45008Abuse of Prescription Drugs and the Risk of Addiction, Wilson M. Compton and Nora D. Volkow, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2006 National surveys have reported that approximately 15 million Americans, ages 12 and older, have been involved in the non-medical use of prescription drugs-in a single year. Are there strategies for reducing this? 12. 45009Staying Sober, Andreas Heinz, Scientific American Mind, April/May 2006 A new understanding of how alcohol alters brain chemistry is providing options for treating alcoholism. Will it help prevent the disease? 13. 45010The Effects of Alcohol on Physiological Processes and Biological Development, Alcohol Research and Health, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004/2