In the United States alone, millions of men, women and children use drugs, alcohol, or both. Drugs and alcohol are closely related to poor school performance, poor health, work-related stresses, crime and delinquency. Drugs and alcohol have been shown to be prominent factors in exposure to HIV infection - whether through intravenous drug use or unprotected, high-risk sexual relations. Regardless of all the known hazards, the incidence of drug and alcohol use continues to rise in the USA. This study seeks to reveal the nature and magnitude of drug and alcohol use in American society, and public opinion on drugs, alcohol, and substance abuse. It examines the illicit drug trade, the war on drugs, and law enforcement. The connection between substance abuse and criminality is addressed, with special studies on prisoners, teenagers, minorities, women, and college campuses. The book is accompanied by numerous tables and figures.
- ISBN10 0786403063
- ISBN13 9780786403066
- Publish Date 1 January 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 November 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 208
- Language English