Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society

by Levinthal, Charles F.

• ISBN13: 9780205483297
• ISBN10: 0205483291
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Societydiscusses the positive and negative effects of drugs in our society, examining how drugs impact everyday life and what new research shows about legal and illegal drugs. This edition is designed to give you a comprehensive look at how these substances affect the mind and the body, and the concerns these drugs pose for society.

Table of Contents

Part 1

Drugs and Behavior

Today Social Messages about Drug

Use Two Ways of Looking at Drugs and Behavior

Drugs in Early Times Drugs in the Nineteenth Century

Drugs and Behavior in the Twentieth Century

Present-day Attitudes toward Drugs

Patterns of Drug Use in the United States

Why Some Individuals

Use Drugs and Others

Dont Looking to the Future and Learning from the Past

Drug-Taking Behavior

The Personal and Social Concerns Drug Toxicity

The DAWN Reports Behavioral Tolerance and Drug Overdose

Physical and Psychological Dependence

Psychiatric Definitions Special Problems in Drug

Abuse Drugs, Violence, and Crime Governmental Policy, Regulation, and Laws Enforcement of Drug

Laws on a Local and International Scale

How Drugs Work in the Body and on the Mind

How Drugs Enter the Body

How Drugs Exit the Body

Factors Determining the Physiological Impact of Drugs

Introducing the Nervous System

Understanding the Brain

Understanding the Biochemistry of Psychoactive Drugs

Physiological Aspects of Drug-Taking Behavior

Physiological Factors of Drug-Taking Behavior

Legally Restricted Drugs in Our Society

The Major Stimulants: Cocaine and Amphetamines

The History of Cocaine Acute

Effects of Cocaine Chronic

Effects of Cocaine Medical Uses of Cocaine

How Cocaine Works in the Brain Present-Day

Cocaine Abuse Patterns of Cocaine

Abuse Treatment Programs for Cocaine

Abuse Amphetamines Acute and Chronic Effects of Amphetamines

Medical Uses for Amphetamines and Similar Stimulant Drugs

Narcotics: Opium, Heroin, and Synthetic

Opiates Opium in History Morphine and the Advent of Heroin

Opiates and Heroin in American Society Effects on the Mind and the Body

How Opiates Work in the Brain Patterns of Heroin Abuse

Heroin abuse and Society Treatment for Heroin Abuse

Medical Uses of Narcotic Drugs

LSD and Other Hallucinogens

A Matter of Definition Classifying Hallucinogens Lysergic Acid

Diethylamide (LSD) Facts and Fictions about LSD

Psilocybin and Other Hallucinogens Related to Serotonin

Hallucinogens Related to Norepinephrine

Hallucinogens Related to Acetylcholine

Phencyclidine (PCP) Ketamine

Marijuana A Matter of Terminology

The History of Marijuana and Hashish

Acute Effects of Marijuana Effects of Marijuana on the Brain

Chronic Effects of Marijuana

The Gateway Hypothesis Patterns of Marijuana Smoking Current

Trends as Causes for Concern Medical Uses for Marijuana

The Issue of Decriminalization

Anabolic Steroids and Drug Abuse in Sports

Drug-Taking Behavior in Sports

The Hazards of Anabolic Steroids Patterns of Anabolic

Steroid Abuse Nonsteroid

Hormones and Ergogenic Supplements Current Drug-Testing

Procedures and Policies

What Can Be Done about Anabolic Steroid Abuse?

Legal Drugs in Our Society

Alcohol: Social Beverage/Social Drug What Makes and Alcoholic Beverage?

Alcohol Use through History Patterns of Alcohol Consumption Today

The Pharmacology of Alcohol Effects of Alcohol on the Brain

Acute Physiological Effects

Acute Behavioral Effects

Alcohol and Health Benefits

Strategies for Responsible Drinking

Chronic Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Alcoholism:

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