Substance Abuse: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

This go-to resource on substance abuse supplies the broad background knowledge and historical information needed to understand this important sociological issue and provides readers with a range of additional sources for continuing their study of the topic. * Offers a broad introduction to the physiological, anatomical, and psychological changes associated with substance use and a variety of perspectives from subject experts with special knowledge of and/or experience with substance abuse problems * Provides an easily accessible list of nearly 100 books, articles, reports, and electronic sources with additional information on the topic of substance abuse * Addresses sociological aspects of drug use and the current debate over the legalization of certain drugs, such as medical and recreational marijuana * Includes a collection of relevant data and documents, an extensive annotated bibliography, a chronology, and a glossary

• | Author: David E. Newton
• | Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• | Publication Date: Apr 30, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 384 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/HEALTH & FITNESS
• | ISBN-10: 1440854777
• | ISBN-13: 9781440854774