Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society, 8th edition

Published by Pearson (July 14, 2021) © 2014

  • Charles F. Levinthal Hofstra University
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Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society examines the impact of drug-taking behaviour on our society and our daily lives. The use and abuse of a wide range of licit and illicit drugs are discussed from historical, biological, psychological, and sociological perspectives. Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society offers a comprehensive review of psychoactive drugs, and is notable for the attention it gives to two aspects of drug-taking behaviour that have been underreported in other texts: steroid abuse and inhalant abuse.

  • PART I: DRUGS IN SOCIETY/DRUGS IN OUR LIVES
  • 1. Drugs and Behavior Today
  • 2. Drug-Taking Behavior: The Personal and Social Concerns
  • 3. How Drugs Work in the Body and on the Mind
  • PART II: LEGALLY RESTRICTED DRUGS IN OUR SOCIETY
  • 4. The Major Stimulants: Cocaine and Amphetamines
  • 5. Narcotics: Opium, Heroin, and Synthetic Opiates
  • 6. LSD and Other Hallucinogens
  • 7. Marijuana
  • PART III: LEGAL DRUGS IN OUR SOCIETY
  • 8. Alcohol: Social Beverage/Social Drug
  • 9. Chronic Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  • 10. Nicotine and Tobacco Use
  • 11. Caffeine
  • PART IV: ENHANCERS AND DEPRESSANTS
  • 12. Performance Enhancing Drugs and Drug Testing in Sports
  • 13. Depressants and Inhalants
  • PART V: MEDICINAL DRUGS
  • 14. Prescription Drugs, Over-the-Counter Drugs, and Dietary Supplements
  • 15. Drugs for Treating Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders
  • PART VI: PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
  • 16. Substance-Abuse Prevention
  • 17. Substance-Abuse Treatment: Strategies for Change

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