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Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society, 9th edition

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  • Charles F. Levinthal Hofstra University

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Explore the factors that impact drug use

Drugs, Behavior and Modern Society examines the impact of drug-taking behavior on our society and our daily lives. Author Charles Levinthal discusses the use and abuse of a wide range of licit and illicit drugs from historical, biological, psychological and sociological perspectives. The text is notable for the attention it pays to steroid abuse and inhalant abuse, drug-taking behaviors that are often overlooked in other texts.

The 9th Edition covers recent changes in drug-taking behavior and associated social issues, including the impact of the COVID pandemic on issues relating to substance abuse and treatment.

Hallmark features of this title

  • The text provides extensive coverage of important theoretical perspectives on drug abuse, including the biopsychosocial model, the family systems model, the public health model and the harm reduction model.
  • The author presents positions opposing the disease model of alcoholism and other forms of drug abuse.
  • Integrated coverage of the historical context of drug-taking behavior helps students understand issues surrounding drugs today. This includes coverage of geopolitical and cultural history, domestic policy, health care, sports, public health and criminal justice.
  • By the Numbers features provide provocative insights via statistical information.
  • Drugs in Focus features tell fascinating stories about the role of drugs in the past and the present.

New and updated features of this title

  • UPDATED: The 9th Edition includes detailed coverage of recent changes in drug-taking behavior and associated social issues. These include the impact of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and new applications of medical cannabis. The author avoids terminology that may lead to stigmatization (such as "alcoholic"), and discusses the unfortunate connotations of the term "addiction" itself.
  • NEW: The 9th Edition provides an in-depth examination of the impact of the COVID pandemic on a range of substance abuse and treatment issues.
  • NEW: Health Line: Life in the Time of COVID features examine drug-taking behavior and online treatment services during an ongoing pandemic.
  • UPDATED: Portraits features spotlight individuals who've influenced thinking about drugs in our society or who've been impacted by drug use. New subjects include incarcerated drug kingpin El Chapo and leading public health official Dr. Mark Willenbring.
  • UPDATED: Health Line features offer helpful information regarding specific aspects of drug-taking behavior. About a third of these features are new.
  • UPDATED: Health Alert features provide emergency information about drug abuse situations. New content includes guidelines for the administration of naloxone and protective strategies against drug-facilitated sexual assaults.

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  • Interactive Quick Concept Checks enable students to evaluate their understanding of the subject matter. These features include self-assessments through matching, fill-in-the blanks, or sorting tasks, interpretations of a graph or diagram, and prompts to reflect upon the applications of course principles to real-world situations.
  1. Drugs and Behavior Today
  2. Drug-Taking Behavior: Personal and Social Issues
  3. How Drugs Work in the Body and on the Mind
  4. Opioids
  5. The Major Stimulants: Cocaine and Amphetamines
  6. LSD and Other Hallucinogens
  7. Marijuana
  8. Alcohol: Social Beverage/Social Drug
  9. Chronic Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  10. Tobacco Use and Nicotine Vaping
  11. Caffeine
  12. Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Drug Testing
  13. Sedative-Hypnotics, Anxiolytic Drugs and Inhalants
  14. Prescription Drugs, Over-the-Counter Drugs and Dietary Supplements
  15. Psychiatric Drugs
  16. Substance Abuse Prevention: Resilience and Resistance
  17. Substance Abuse Treatment: Strategies for Change

About our authors

Dr. Charles Levinthal has written numerous books, including Introduction to Physiological Psychology (Prentice-Hall, 1979, 1983, 1990); Messengers of Paradise: Opiates and the Brain (Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1988); Point/Counterpoint: Opposing Perspectives on Issues of Drug Policy (Allyn and Bacon, 2003); Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society (Allyn and Bacon, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008; Pearson Education, 2010, 2012, 2014); Drugs, Society, and Criminal Justice (Pearson Education, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2016); and Drugs, Society, and Criminal Justice, 5th Edition with Lori Brusman-Lovins (Pearson Education, 2020). He served on the Faculty in the Department of Psychology at Hofstra University from 1971 to 2014 and as Department Chair from 2005 to 2013. His undergraduate and graduate teaching included courses in Biopsychology, Neural Bases of Behavior, Cognition and Perception, Drugs and Behavior, Statistics, and Research Methods. His journal articles and edited book publications have centered on areas of conditioning and learning, substance abuse and misuse, cognitive decision-making and risk theory, and reading disabilities and assessment. Among other honors, Dr. Levinthal was elected as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 2010.

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