Author: Kim Etingoff
Publisher: Mason Crest Publisher
Keywords: drugs, illicit, everyday, misused, uses, over, abusing, counter
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-09-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1422201503
ISBN-13: 9781422201503
The government’s approved them. You don’t need a prescription. You can get them at practically any market. So, there’s obviously no danger in over-the-counter medications, right?Wrong.The simple fact is that when taken in ways other than as directed, over-the-counter medications can be just as dangerous as many illegal drugs. And because there’s a false sense of security about the medications - and because they are in almost everyone’s home medicine cabinet - the abuse and misuse of over-the-counter medications are on the rise."Abusing Over-the-Counter Drugs: Illi
Author: Barry Stimmel
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: drug, illicit, smoking
Number of Pages: 146
Published: 1998-04-17
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0789005077
ISBN-13: 9780789005076
In Smoking and Illicit Drug Use, you’ll see why smoking, specifically among teenagers, has plateaued and increased since 1981. You’ll also find in this current compilation an accumulation of knowledge dealing with the mechanistic functions of nicotine dependence, data showing the prevelance of nicotine addiction among users of mood-altering drugs, and the most efficacious ways to address this complex form of substance dependency. Smoking and Illicit Drug Use is a timely and much-needed source of current medical information. Overall, it will help you see the biological basis for nic
Author: Ida Walker
Publisher: Mason Crest Publisher
Keywords: misused, drugs, illicit, dependency, prescription, painkillers
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-09-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1422201619
ISBN-13: 9781422201619
Statistics on drug use show that abuse is decreasing. That’s the good news. But there’s bad news as well: the abuse of prescription drugs is increasing. Among the most abused prescription medications are painkillers, something many people have in their medicine cabinets. In "Painkillers: Prescription Dependency", you will find out what pain really is - and what it isn’t - as well as the history of pain. The book also provides up-to-date information about painkillers and how they are abused. Special attention is given to OxyContin, which has expanded addiction to new groups of
Author: Ida Walker
Publisher: Mason Crest Publisher
Keywords: misused, drugs, illicit, trap, treatment, escaping, addiction
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-09-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 142220152X
ISBN-13: 9781422201527
In the United States and Canada, millions of individuals have problems with substance abuse. In some cases, the problems are relatively minor, but in others, that abuse leads to addiction. Many are not content with their lives and seek treatment for their substance abuse problems.In "Addiction Treatment: Escaping the Trap", readers will learn some definitions important in the study of addiction treatment. Readers will also learn about the history of addiction treatment, including the work and continuing influence of the Washingtonians, the Emmanuel Movement, the Oxford Movement, and of course,
Author: Sheila Nelson
Publisher: Mason Crest Publishers
Keywords: misused, drugs, illicit, visions, unreal, hallucinogens
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1422201554
ISBN-13: 9781422201558
Author: Ronald Weitzer
Publisher: NYU Press
Keywords: lawful, business, vice, illicit, prostitution, legalizing
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2011-12-01
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0814794637
ISBN-13: 9780814794630
Some towns in Nevada have legal brothels where sex can be bought lawfully, yet in Las Vegas, prostitutes and their patrons are regularly prosecuted for exchanging sex for money, just as they are elsewhere in the United States. While sex work has long been controversial, it has become even more contested over the past decade as laws, policies, and enforcement practices have become more repressive in many nations, partly as a result of the ascendancy of interest groups committed to the total abolition of the sex industry. Legalizing Prostitution maps out the current terrain. Using America as a
Author: Ida Walker
Publisher: Mason Crest Publisher
Keywords: illicit, misused, drugs, heredity, psychology, america, society, addiction
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-09-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1422201511
ISBN-13: 9781422201510
Almost 40 percent of people living in the United States have an addiction to alcohol, drugs, or some form of tobacco. These addictions cost Americans an estimated $550 billion every year. Clearly, addiction is an enormous problem. "Addictions in America: Society, Psychology, and Heredity" takes a look at what leads people to a life of addiction - the social, psychological, and hereditary factors that might make an individual susceptible to addiction. This book provides you with an overview of one of the most serious problems facing American society today.
