02809nam 2200577 450 991046018280332120200520144314.00-85572-446-30-85572-445-5(CKB)3710000000358672(EBL)1963359(SSID)ssj0001467916(PQKBManifestationID)11794974(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001467916(PQKBWorkID)11516066(PQKB)10653670(MiAaPQ)EBC1963359(Au-PeEL)EBL1963359(CaPaEBR)ebr11026140(OCoLC)904209886(EXLCZ)99371000000035867220150316h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDrug addiction in Australia /Dr. John Sherman & Tom ValentaMelbourne, Australia :Michelle Anderson Publishing,2015.©20151 online resource (296 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-85572-440-4 Includes bibliographical references.CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1. At the Clinic; 2. Heroin: All That is Evil?; 3. Everybody's Problem; 4. How Do I Protect My Kids?; 5. The New Patient; 6. A Daily Commitment or Payday and Saturday?; 7. It's Not Just the Drugs; 8. Ripples and Muddy Ponds; 9. On the Front Line; 10. Lives Lost, Lives at Risk; 11. Methadone and Other Treatments; 12. So You Want to Kick the Habit?; 13. Towards a Better Place; 14. Speaking from Experience; 15. Drugs, Crime and the Law; 16. The Legacy of Vietnam; 17. The Unanswered Questions; POSTSCRIPT: The Trainto Footscray; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FURTHER READING; EndnotesThis book is a comprehensive and clinically objective review of drug abuse and addiction in Australia. It is written to appeal to families, educators, policy makers, students, healthcare professionals and drug users. It is based on the knowledge and experience of Dr John Sherman and his clinic in Footscray, a western suburb of Melbourne. The book comprises a series of stories told through the eyes of drug addicts, their families, healthcare professionals, policy makers and legislators, law enforcement officials and researchers. It traces the history of drugs of dependence, community and governDrug abuseAustraliaDrug addictionAustraliaElectronic books.Drug abuseDrug addiction362.2930994Sherman John552571Valenta TomMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460182803321Drug addiction in Australia1973036UNINA