Focusing on contemporary issues such as drug use and AIDS, drug testing and law-enforcement concerns, this text has strong historical and sociological foundations to put the material into perspective for students. Short, concise chapters allow instructors flexibility in dividing the material into reading assignments. There is coverage of all current treatments, allowing students to understand the relationship between the problem and the treatment, and easy-to-follow material on the physiological effects of drugs on the central nervous system.
- ISBN10 0070183961
- ISBN13 9780070183964
- Publish Date 1 September 1992 (first published 29 July 1976)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 July 2001
- Publish Country US
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
- Imprint McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
- Edition 5th Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English