Annual Editions: Drugs, Society, and Behavior 10/11

by Wilson, Hugh T.

• ISBN13: 9780078050664
• ISBN10: 0078050669
• Edition: 25th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-25
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

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Table of Contents

Preface

Correlation Guide

Topic Guide

Internet References

Living with Drugs

Unit Overview

History of Alcohol and Drinking around the World

Did Prohibition Really Work?

Tackling Top Teen Problem-Prescription Drugs

Parents’ Prescription Drugs Pose Risk to Teens

San Diego State U. Defends Its Role in Federal Drug Sting

Smoking, Drugs, Obesity Top Health Concerns for Kids, Medical News Today, May 6, 2007

The Deadly World of Fake Drugs

Baghdad on Our Border

Understanding How Drugs Work-Use, Dependency, and Addiction

Unit Overview

Neuropeptide Promotes Drug-Seeking and Craving in Rats

My Father the Dope Dealer

Drug Addiction and Its Effects

The Genetics of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependence

Genes Matter in Addiction

Alcohol and Drug Dependence: Brain Mechanisms and Behavioral Impact

The Major Drugs of Use and Abuse

Unit Overview

Why Meth? Not in My Town: Never Forget Identifying Signs of Methamphetamine Abuse

Heroin in Brown, Black and White: Structural Factors and Medical Consequences in the U.S. Heroin Market

Helping Students Stay Clean and Sober

U.S. Law Fights Submarine-like Boats Hauling Cocaine

Route of Evil: Impoverished Guinea-Bissau Is Paying a Price for Being a Cocaine-Smuggling Hub

Heroin’s Hold on the Young

Marijuana Is Gateway Drug for Two Debates

An Update on the Effects of Marijuana and Its Potential Medical Use: Forensic Focus

Other Trends in Drug Use

Unit Overview

Adolescent Painkiller Use May Increase Risk of Addiction

Studies Identify Factors Surrounding Rise in Abuse of Prescription Drugs by College Students

Caffeinated Energy Drinks-A Growing Problem

Teens Take Big Risks with Drugs, Alcohol: Dangerous Mixtures Mirror Cultural Trend toward Extreme Behavior

Youth Use of Legal Drugs Eclipses Illicit-Drug Use, Annual Survey Reports

Teens and Prescription Drugs: An Analysis of Recent Trends on the Emerging Drug Threat, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President, February 2007

Prescription Drugs Find Place in Teen Culture

High Schools Take on Doping with No Consensus on Strategy

Trends in Adolescent Drug Abuse

Popularity of a Hallucinogen May Thwart Its Medical Uses

Measuring the Social Costs of Drugs

Unit Overview

The Axis of Upheaval: Mexico: State of War

FBI: Burgeoning Gangs behind up to 80% of U.S. Crime

The Role of Substance Abuse in U.S. Juvenile Justice Systems and Populations

Reports Find Racial Gap in Drug Arrests

How Do Club Drugs Impact HIV Prevention?

The Problem with Drinking

Alert on M.D. Abuse of Jackson Drug

Creating and Sustaining Effective Drug Control Policy

Unit Overview

Reorienting U.S. Drug Policy

Courts Give Addicts a Chance to Straighten Out

Catch and Release

America on Drugs: Prohibition Didn’t Work Then; It Isn’t Working Now

Feature: Twenty Years of Drug Courts-Results and Misgivings

Drugs: To Legalize or Not

Medical Marijuana, Compassionate Use, and Public Policy: Expert Opinion or Vox Populi?

Do No Harm: Sensible Goals for International Drug Policy

Prevention, Treatment, and Education

Unit Overview

Identifying the Proper Drug-Abuse Treatment for Offenders

Accessing Substance Abuse Prevention Programs for Schools

Whose Responsibility Is Substance Abuse Treatment?

Drug Rehabilitation or Revolving Door?

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