Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society (7th Edition)

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UPC:
9780205037261
Binding:
Paperback
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Publication Date:
1/9/2011
Author:
Charles F. Levinthal
Language:
english
Edition:
7
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This text examines the impact of drug-taking behavior on our society and our daily lives. The use and abuse of a wide range of licit and illicit drugs are discussed from historical, biological, psychological, and sociological perspectives.

For undergraduate Drugs and Behavior courses .

In today's world, drugs and their use present a social paradox, combining the potential for good and for bad. As a society and as individuals, we can be the beneficiaries of drugs or their victims.Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society, Sixth Edition features a comprehensive review of psychoactive drugs, and is notable for the attention it gives to two aspects of drug-taking behavior that have been underreported in other texts: steroid abuse and inhalant abuse.