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UNINA9910962574503321 |
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Autore |
Isralowitz Richard |
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Drug use, policy, and management / / Richard Isralowitz |
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Westport, Conn., : Auburn House, c2002 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (199 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Drug abuse - United States |
Drug abuse - United States - Prevention |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Drug Use, Policy, and Management -- Contents -- Preface -- ABOUT THIS BOOK -- NOTES -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Drug Use and Abuse: Definitions and the Social Context of Reality-Tobacco -- TERMS AND DEFINITIONS: AN OVERVIEW -- Use/Abuse -- Addiction/Dependence -- THE CLASSES OF DRUGS: A REVIEW -- Nicotine -- Alcohol -- Opiates -- Stimulants -- Ecstasy -- Sedatives and Hypnotics -- Marijuana and Hashish -- Hallucinogens -- Inhalants -- THE SOCIAL CONTEXT AND REALITY OF DRUG USE -- Tobacco -- Economic Considerations: Advertising, the Settlement, and the End Game-Show Me the Money Philip, R. J. -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Chapter 2 Theoretical Considerations and Risk Factors -- THE SOCIAL ORDER -- SOCIAL FORCES: PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, VALUES, AND MORALS -- INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS -- The Family -- Peers -- Education -- Media -- LABELING/CRIMINALIZATION PROCESS -- BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS -- Biological -- Psychological -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Chapter 3 Heroin: The "King" of Illegal Drugs -- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- TRENDS -- INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES -- Afghanistan and Beyond: The World Leader in Opium and Heroin Production -- THE HEROIN ADDICT: PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS -- Female Heroin Addicts -- CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES OF HEROIN ADDICTS: THE RUSSIAN CRISIS -- Native-Born and Russian-Speaking Immigrant Heroin Addicts in Israel |
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-- Males -- Background Characteristics -- Licit and Illicit Substance Use -- Self-Esteem and Other Factors -- Females -- Background Characteristics -- Licit and Illicit Substance Use -- Self-Esteem and Other Factors -- Study Limitations -- Policy and Treatment Services Considerations -- Interviews: Russian-Speaking Heroin Addicts in Israel -- The Case of Vladimir -- The Case of Galina -- The Case of Ludmilla -- The Case of Alexander -- NOTES -- Chapter 4 Alcohol and the Alcoholic. |
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- THE ALCOHOLIC: THEORIES AND PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS -- TRENDS -- University Student Alcohol Use: Patterns and Problems -- ALCOHOL USE AND CULTURE: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE -- Perspective: Alcohol Use among Jewish People -- NOTES -- Chapter 5 Cocaine and Crack -- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- Crack -- TRENDS -- United States -- International -- THE COCAINE USER: PERSONALITY AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS -- COCAINE: THE LATIN AMERICAN PLAGUE -- COCAINE HIGHLIGHTS -- Then: 1986-1993 -- Kids and Cocaine -- Getting Tough on Cocaine: The U.S. Is Losing the War -- Hour by Hour: Crack -- The Newest Drug War -- Back in the High Life -- Cocaine Manufacturing Is No Longer Just a Colombian Monopoly -- 20 Years of War on Drugs, and No Victory Yet -- Why There's No Methadone for Crack -- Cocaine Comes Home -- Recent Past and Now -- Heroin Is Proving a Growth Industry for Colombia -- War on Crack Retreats, Still Taking Prisoners -- War on Crack Changed U.S., But Did It Help Cut Drug Use? -- Bolivia, at Risk of Some Unrest, Is Making Big Gains in Eradicating Coca -- In States' Anti-Drug Fight, a Renewal for Treatment -- For Latin America, a Boomerang Effect on Illegal Drugs -- Shades of Vietnam: Heading for Trouble in Colombia -- Dangerous Plans for Colombia -- Crack Country -- Cocaine Quietly Reclaims Its Hold as Good Times Return -- Fights Rage over Colombian Drug Plan -- Colombian Police Find Drug Sub -- Colombia Anti-Drug Program Loses Major Supporter -- Rebels Biggest Players in Narcotics Trade -- How We Fight a Losing War -- Fox: U.S. Corruption Contributes to Drug Smuggling -- NOTES -- Chapter 6 Marijuana: Is It Really a War of Values and Special Interests? -- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- MARIJUANA: THE FACTS-WHO AND WHAT TO BELIEVE? -- Comparison of Government Reports and Information Sources. |
Is Marijuana More Potent Today Than in the Past? -- Does Marijuana Lead to the Use of Other Drugs? -- How Does Marijuana Affect Driving? -- Does Marijuana Cause Brain Damage? -- Does Marijuana Damage the Reproductive System? -- Does Marijuana Suppress the Immune System? -- Other Medically Related Facts about Marijuana (National Academy of Sciences, 1999) -- What Conditions Can Marijuana Treat? -- What about Marinol, the Major Active Ingredient in Marijuana in Pill Form? -- Isn't Marijuana Too Dangerous to Be Used as a Medicine? -- Doesn't the Medical Marijuana Debate Send Children the Wrong Message about Marijuana? -- Isn't Marijuana Too Addictive to Be Used as a Medicine? -- Marijuana Facts and Perspectives ("Marijuana Prohibition Facts-2001," Marijuana Policy Protection Foundation) -- General -- Legal and Policy Perspectives -- Medical -- SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC FACTORS LEADING TO POLICY FORMATION -- TRENDS -- International -- MARIJUANA USE: REFLECTIONS ON THE DUTCH EXPERIENCE -- NOTES -- Chapter 7 Management: Elements of Drug Treatment Services Organization and Development -- THE HUMAN SERVICES PERSPECTIVE -- DRUG TREATMENT SERVICES -- MANAGEMENT OF DRUG SERVICES -- Management -- Assessment of Drug Treatment Services Organization and Management -- DRUG SERVICE AGENCIES: ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT NEEDS AND |
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PROBLEMS -- Drug Services Development and Managing Services with Scarce Resources -- Education and Training -- Outreach: Critical Target Populations -- Drug Addicts in Need of Services -- Female Drug Addicts -- Adolescent Drug Users -- TREATMENT AND RELAPSE PREVENTION STRATEGIES -- RESEARCH, EVALUATION, AND THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION -- DRUG INFORMATION CENTER DEVELOPMENT: CASE EXAMPLE -- NOTES -- Epilogue: -- PERSPECTIVES: WHAT IS BEING SAID? -- NUMBERS: WHAT DO THEY SHOW? -- MONEY: WHAT DOES ALL THIS COST?. |
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT -- THE WAR: AND THE DEBATE GOES ON -- NOTES -- Index -- About the Author. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This new edition provides an up-to-date examination of the key issues of the drug problem, including cigarettes, heroin, alcohol, cocaine, and marijuana. It offers a current review of definitions of drug use and dependence, the latest developments regarding tobacco use and the historical agreement between government and industry, and research and analysis from a cross-cultural perspective. A detailed account of opium and heroin distribution and control in the region of Afghanistan provide valuable insight. Whether it be illegal drugs such as marijuana, heroin, and cocaine or legal substances including cigarettes and alcohol, drug use is a deeply imbedded characteristic of society. An immense amount of money and human resources is spent in the United States to address drug use. For example, the cost of substance abuse to the U.S. economy each year is estimated to be over $414 billion. In terms of illegal drugs alone, the U.S. drug market has been estimated to be $150 billion a year. The annual federal anti-drug budget for law enforcement is about $12 billion per year; and about $3 billion goes to overseas drug wars alone with about half of that amount going to Colombia to eliminate opium and coca cultivation. It has been reported that substance abuse and addiction will add at least $41 billion to the costs of elementary and secondary education for 2001 due to class disruption and violence, special education and tutoring, teacher turnover, truancy, children left behind, student assistance programs, property damage, injury, and counseling. The cost to the nation for each of its hard-core addicts, per year, is about $30, 000. The amount spent on the drug problem does not include the cost of drug use measured in human suffering, increased violence, and lost lives, nor does it include the damage done by cigarettes and alcohol. The second, updated edition of this important work examines issues about the use and abuse of legal and illegal drugs from multiple perspectives including the social context of reality, historical and present patterns of use, causal factors associated with addiction, research findings including those of a cross-cultural nature, case studies of addicts, and the management of services provision. |
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