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This book provides an important exploration of the thorny ethical implications of drone warfare and targeted killing. The book leads readers through the ethics of targeted killings from ancient times to the contemporary Israeli-Palestinian conflict, then looks specifically at new issues related to the U.S. use of drones for targeted killings.

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The story of drought, told through the eyes of people who have lived through droughts over the more than 200 years of European settlement - a story of creativity, endurance and suffering.

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This collection reports on the progress of the intervention programs first described in Innovative Approaches in the Treatment of Drug Abuse: Program Models and Strategies (Inciardi and Fletcher, 1993).

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The 19 papers of this collection assess the problems and policies of drug use in the Middle East, with most papers detailing issues in Israel and Palestine. The papers, which are mainly not comparative studies but detail issues in each area, are grouped under four themes: social context, people in t

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The vast majority of these offenders were arrested for committing violent crimes, and most of the offenders are poor, unemployed, uneducated, come from dysfunctional families, and are African-American.

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Using data from an ongoing longitudinal study of adolescents and young adults, this provocative volume examines the frequency, prevalence, and types of disruptive drug use in the workplace and in schools.

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This 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 and research findings including those of a cross-cultural nature.

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A balanced and straightforward survey of the key issues, facts, and controversies surrounding the use and abuse of harmful drugs in the United States and abroad.

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With the aim of showing how educators can use their skills to inform practical action on problematic drug issues, this text identifies the drug issues emerging in the classroom and highlights strategies for dealing with them.

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Debates over the use and abuse of drugs, the laws controlling drugs in this country, and the question of whether or not certain drugs should be legally available have inflamed Americans since the 19th-century, and continue to flourish as America attempts to rage its war on drugs.

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Providing a thorough, well-researched investigation of the socio-legal issues surrounding medically assisted death for the past century, this book traces the origins of the controversy and discusses the future of policymaking in this arena domestically and abroad.

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Radical environmentalism and its progeny, "eco-terrorism", is a modern phenomenon. Here, the author exposes the activities of radical groups determined to make their mark in the movement to protect the earth and its creatures. He covers the major groups as well as less well-known ones and provides portraits of who they are and what they do.

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A valuable resource for those in sociology, psychology, gerontology, and social work as well as psychotherapists who work with the aged, the staff of elder abuse programs, adult protective service workers, and legislators.

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A valuable resource for those in sociology, psychology, gerontology, and social work as well as psychotherapists who work with the aged, the staff of elder abuse programs, adult protective service workers, and legislators.

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Covers all aspects of tobacco and smoking, including history, economics, cultural impact, health, advertising, legal issues, teen smoking, international issues, law suits, and government spending.

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This book facilitates a critical reassessment of African immigrants, as well as their transnational challenges. It promotes knowledge about Africans in the Diaspora and the African continent through current and relevant case studies.

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Although much has been written about the golden days of radio, Entrepreneurs of Profit and Pride is the first book to examine the black radio industry.

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The theory of denialism proposes that people actively avoid information that threatens their established worldviews, lifestyles, and identities. Environmental and Animal Abuse Denial: Averting Our Gaze analyzes how people use denialism to avoid awareness of climate change, environmental pollution, animal abuse, and the animal industrial complex.