Drugs, Behavior, And Modern Society

"Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society" provides a comprehensive look at how drugs affect both individuals and society. The text takes a behavioral approach to examining the use and abuse of a wide range of licit and illicit drugs from historical, biological, psychological, and sociological perspectives. New topics discussed in the fifth edition include:

• New "By the Numbers,.". features at the beginning of each chapter provide provocative statistics relating to drug use and abuse, such as the percentage of people reporting drug abuse as a cause of family trouble (24%); the estimated number of illicit drug users worldwide (185 million); or the number of outdoor marijuana plants in the U.S. seized by the DEA in 2003 (1.1 million).
• Coverage of drug-related emergencies and drug-related deaths has been revised to include the 2006 Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) statistics.
• A new Point/Counterpoint debate asks, "Should pharmaceutical companies be allowed to advertise prescription drugs to the public?"
• New Drugs...in Focus stories about the role of drugs in our history and present-day culture include: "The Meth Epidemic Across America";" Hemp in America - Coming Full Circle"; "Suspension Penalties for Steroid Use in Professional Sports";and" Ambien versus Lunesta - The Sleeping Pill War."
• New "Health Line" features provide helpful information and new medical applications including "Stimulants as "Smart Pills""; "Alcohol, Security, and Spectator Sports"; "African Americans, Smoking, and Mentholated Cigarettes"; "Coffee, Genes, and Heart Attacks"; and "Bioequivalence versus Bioavailability in Prescription Drugs."
• New HealthAlerts provideemergency information about drug abuse situations and recognition signs of serious drug misuse or abuse.

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.

• Emphasis on the Biopsychosocial Model throughout the book, conceptualizing drug-taking behavior as a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors.
• The most comprehensive review of psychoactive drugs of any undergraduate textbook on the market.
• Exceptional coverage of steroid abuse and inhalant abuse.
• "Quick Concept Checks," self-gradable questions interspersed throughout the chapters, help assess student understanding of text material.
• "Portraits" take students into the lives of individuals who have either influenced thinking about drugs in our society or been impacted by drug use or abuse.
• "Drugs...in Focus" tell fascinating stories about the role of drugs in our history and present-day culture.
• "Health Line" features provide helpful information regarding specific aspects of drug-taking behavior and new medical applications.
• "Health Alert" features provide emergency information about drug abuse situations or recognition signs of serious drug misuse or abuse.
• "Point-Counterpoint Debate" features, located at the end of each of the five sections of the book, examine the principal pro and con arguments on important drug-related controversies in a simulated-debate format.
• "By the Numbers..." features at the beginning of each chapter provide pithy and provocative statistics relating to drug use and abuse, such as the percentage ofpeople reporting drug abuse as a cause of family trouble (24%), estimated number of illicit drug users worldwide (185 million), or the number of outdoor marijuana plants in the U.S. seized by the DEA in 2003 (1.1 million).
• Extensive coverage of important theoretical perspectives on drug abuse:
• The Family Systems Model (Chs. 1, 17, and 18).
• Public Health Model (Chs. 1, 2, and 18).
• Harm Reduction Model (Ch. 2).
• Positions opposing the Disease Model of alcoholism and other forms of drug abuse (Ch. 10).

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