Drugs, society, and behavior 10/11 editor, Hugh T. Wilson

Contributor(s): Wilson, Hugh T
Series: Annual editionsPublisher: New York , McGraw-Hill, c2010Edition: Twenty Fifth EditionDescription: xviii, 205 pages: illustrations; 28cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780078050664Subject(s): Drugs | Drug abuse -- Treatment | Drug abuse -- United States | Drug abuse -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 362.292
Contents:
Living with drugs. History of alcohol and drinking around the world / David J. Hanson -- Did Prohibition really work? / Jack S. Blocker, Jr. -- Tackling top teen problem-prescription drugs / George Lauby and Kamie Wheelock -- Parents' prescription drugs pose risk to teens / Elizabeth Fernandez -- San Diego, State U. defends its role in federal drug sting / Sara Lipka -- Smoking, drugs, obesity top health concerns for kids -- Deadly world of fake drugs / Roger Bate -- Baghdad on our border / Mary A. Fischer -- Understanding how drugs work: use, dependency, and addiction. Neuropeptide promotes drug-seeking and craving in rats / Lori Whitten -- My fathe the dope dealer / Tony Dokoupil -- Drug addiction and its effects -- Genetics of alcohol and othe drug dependence / Danielle M. Dick and Arpana Agrawal -- Genes matter in addiction / M. Price -- Alcohol and drug dependence: brain mechanisms and behavioral impact / Edith V. Sullivan -- Major drugs of use and abuse. Why meth? Not in my town: never forget identifying signs of methamphetamine abuse / Noel Kelsch -- Heroi in brown, black and white: structural factors and medicinal consequences in the U.S. heroin market / Daniel Ciccarone -- Helping students stay clean and sober / Joshua Karlin-Resnick -- U.S. law fights submarine-like boats hauling cocaine / Frank Bajak -- Route of evil: impoverished Guinea-Bissau is paying a price for being a cocaine-smuggling hub / Kevin Sullivan -- Heroin's hold on the young / Richard G. Jones -- Marijuana is gateway drug for two debates / Sarah Kershaw and Rebecca Cathcart -- Update on the effects of marijuana and its potential medical uses: forensic focus / Sherwood O. Cole -- Other trends in drug use. Adolescent painkiller use may increase risk of addiction, heroin use -- Studies identify factors surrounding rise in abuse of prescription drugs by college students / Lori Whitten -- Caffeinated energy drinks: a growing problem / Chad J. Reissig, Eric C. Strain, and Roland R. Griffiths -- Teens take big risks with drugs, alcohol: dangerous mixtures mirror cultural trend toward extreme behavior / Dan Johnson -- Youth use of legal drugs eclipses illicit-drug use, annual survey reports / Bob Curley -- Teens and prescription drugs: an analysis of recent trends on the emerging drug threat -- Prescription drugs find place in teen culture / Donna Leinwand -- High Schools take on doping with no consensus on stragety / Jeré Longman -- Trends in adolescent drug abuse / Jane M. Prosser and Lewis S. Nelson -- Popularity of a hallucinogen may thwart its medical uses / Kevin Sack and Brent McDonald -- Measuring the social costs of drugs. Axis of upheaval: Mexico, state of war / Sam Quinones -- FBI: burgeoning gangs behind up to 80% of U.S. crime / Kevin Johnson -- Role of substance abuse in U.S. juvenile justice systems and populations / Heather Horowitz, Hung-En Sung, and Susan E. Foster / Reports find racial gap in drug arrests / Erik Eckholm -- How do club drugs impact HIV prevention? / Mike Pendo and Pamela DeCarlo -- Problem with drinking / Cheryl Harris Sharman -- Alert on M.D. abuse of Jackson drug / Alicia Mundy -- Creating and sustaining effective drug control policy. Reorienting U.S. drug policy / Jonathan Caulkins and Peter Reuter -- Couts give addicts a chance to straighten out / Erik Eckholm -- Catch and release / Janelle Weiner -- America on drugs: Prohibition didn't work then; it isn't working now / Jacob Sullum and Charles "Cully" Stimson -- Fefature: twenty years of drug courts: results and misgivings -- Drugs: to legalize or not / Steven B. Duke -- Medical marijuana, compassionate use, and public policy: expert opinion or vox populi? / Peter J. Cohen -- Do no harm: sensible goals for international drug policy / Peter Reuter -- Prevention, treatment, and education. Identifying the proper drug-abuse treatment for offenders / Mark T. Simpson -- Accessing substance abuse prevention programs for schools / Jennifer L. Schroeder and Gail E. Johnson -- Whose responsibility is substance abuse treatment? / Melvin L. Williams -- Drug rehabilitation or revolving door? / Benedict Cary -- Test your knowledge form -- Article rating form.
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Living with drugs. History of alcohol and drinking around the world / David J. Hanson --
Did Prohibition really work? / Jack S. Blocker, Jr. --
Tackling top teen problem-prescription drugs / George Lauby and Kamie Wheelock --
Parents' prescription drugs pose risk to teens / Elizabeth Fernandez --
San Diego, State U. defends its role in federal drug sting / Sara Lipka --
Smoking, drugs, obesity top health concerns for kids --
Deadly world of fake drugs / Roger Bate --
Baghdad on our border / Mary A. Fischer --
Understanding how drugs work: use, dependency, and addiction. Neuropeptide promotes drug-seeking and craving in rats / Lori Whitten --
My fathe the dope dealer / Tony Dokoupil --
Drug addiction and its effects --
Genetics of alcohol and othe drug dependence / Danielle M. Dick and Arpana Agrawal --
Genes matter in addiction / M. Price --
Alcohol and drug dependence: brain mechanisms and behavioral impact / Edith V. Sullivan --
Major drugs of use and abuse. Why meth? Not in my town: never forget identifying signs of methamphetamine abuse / Noel Kelsch --
Heroi in brown, black and white: structural factors and medicinal consequences in the U.S. heroin market / Daniel Ciccarone --
Helping students stay clean and sober / Joshua Karlin-Resnick --
U.S. law fights submarine-like boats hauling cocaine / Frank Bajak --
Route of evil: impoverished Guinea-Bissau is paying a price for being a cocaine-smuggling hub / Kevin Sullivan --
Heroin's hold on the young / Richard G. Jones --
Marijuana is gateway drug for two debates / Sarah Kershaw and Rebecca Cathcart --
Update on the effects of marijuana and its potential medical uses: forensic focus / Sherwood O. Cole --
Other trends in drug use. Adolescent painkiller use may increase risk of addiction, heroin use --
Studies identify factors surrounding rise in abuse of prescription drugs by college students / Lori Whitten --
Caffeinated energy drinks: a growing problem / Chad J. Reissig, Eric C. Strain, and Roland R. Griffiths --
Teens take big risks with drugs, alcohol: dangerous mixtures mirror cultural trend toward extreme behavior / Dan Johnson --
Youth use of legal drugs eclipses illicit-drug use, annual survey reports / Bob Curley --
Teens and prescription drugs: an analysis of recent trends on the emerging drug threat --
Prescription drugs find place in teen culture / Donna Leinwand --
High Schools take on doping with no consensus on stragety / Jeré Longman --
Trends in adolescent drug abuse / Jane M. Prosser and Lewis S. Nelson --
Popularity of a hallucinogen may thwart its medical uses / Kevin Sack and Brent McDonald --
Measuring the social costs of drugs. Axis of upheaval: Mexico, state of war / Sam Quinones --
FBI: burgeoning gangs behind up to 80% of U.S. crime / Kevin Johnson --
Role of substance abuse in U.S. juvenile justice systems and populations / Heather Horowitz, Hung-En Sung, and Susan E. Foster / Reports find racial gap in drug arrests / Erik Eckholm --
How do club drugs impact HIV prevention? / Mike Pendo and Pamela DeCarlo --
Problem with drinking / Cheryl Harris Sharman --
Alert on M.D. abuse of Jackson drug / Alicia Mundy --
Creating and sustaining effective drug control policy. Reorienting U.S. drug policy / Jonathan Caulkins and Peter Reuter --
Couts give addicts a chance to straighten out / Erik Eckholm --
Catch and release / Janelle Weiner --
America on drugs: Prohibition didn't work then; it isn't working now / Jacob Sullum and Charles "Cully" Stimson --
Fefature: twenty years of drug courts: results and misgivings --
Drugs: to legalize or not / Steven B. Duke --
Medical marijuana, compassionate use, and public policy: expert opinion or vox populi? / Peter J. Cohen --
Do no harm: sensible goals for international drug policy / Peter Reuter --
Prevention, treatment, and education. Identifying the proper drug-abuse treatment for offenders / Mark T. Simpson --
Accessing substance abuse prevention programs for schools / Jennifer L. Schroeder and Gail E. Johnson --
Whose responsibility is substance abuse treatment? / Melvin L. Williams --
Drug rehabilitation or revolving door? / Benedict Cary --
Test your knowledge form --
Article rating form.

From the Publisher: The Annual Editions series is designed to provide convenient, inexpensive access to a wide range of current articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers, and journals published today. Annual Editions are updated on a regular basis through a continuous monitoring of over 300 periodical sources. The articles selected are authored by prominent scholars, researchers, and commentators writing for a general audience. The Annual Editions volumes have a number of common organizational features designed to make them particularly useful in the classroom: a general introduction; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; and a brief overview for each section. Each volume also offers an online Instructor's Resource Guide with testing materials. Using Annual Editions in the Classroom is a general guide that provides a number of interesting and functional ideas for using Annual Editions readers in the classroom. Visit www.mhhe.com/annualeditions for more details.

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