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Takes readers into the ritualized world of mainstream American addiction treatment. This book explores the puzzling question: why do addiction counselors dedicate themselves to reconciling drug users' relationship to language in order to reconfigure their relationship to drugs

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This book presents information about the sexual exploitation of patients by health professionals, an issue which is increasingly being brought to the forefront of public attention.

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of drug policy in the United States from the early 1900s through the present day, providing historical and social context through the telling of the colorful and often tragic stories of the events and individuals throughout this period.

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Substance abuse is one of higher education's worst problems not only in terms of financial but also human cost. This handbook will help college and university personnel deal effectively with the problem.

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Applying the major sociological theories of anomie, career, conflict, functionalist, rational choice, social control, social disorganization, social learning, social reaction and subculture perspectives, Shaw provides an overview of the issues involved with substance use and abuse.

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General semantics, a process problem-solving approach, has a proven record of success across a wide variety of fields and disciplines. This text applies the techniques and formulations of general semantics to investigate and make recommendations about various aspects of drug abuse.

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This edited collection builds on the editors' previous works Drug Abuse Treatment: The Implementation of Innovative Approaches (Greenwood, 1994) and Innovative Approaches in the Treatment of Drug Abuse: Program Models and Strategies (Greenwood, 1993).

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Here is the whole story of the world of drugs-from the infamous Opium Wars to the legal availability of narcotics in the United States during the past century; from the unexpected boost given to illicit drugs by Prohibition to the great success of the French Connection.

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This important new study examines the value of day care in treating problems of teenage drug abuse.

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Treatment of cocaine abuse has traditionally been non-pharmacological, although beginning with the 1980s, various drugs have been used to decrease cocaine craving.

This bibliography contains more than 600 references, spanning a century of research and writing.

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Twelve Step Programs are significant features in the American landscape. Investigating Twelve Step Programs lends further insight into the cultural crisis affecting many Americans as well as the strategies some have found to make sense of their lives.

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Addicts are generally regarded with either pity or grave disapproval. But is being addicted to something necessarily bad Challenging conventional accounts of addiction, this book aims to show that most ideas about addiction take certain ideals of health and normality for granted.

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"Rosenthal and Kubby offer crisp, well-reasoned arguments for legalizing marijuana." -Mike Tribby, Booklist

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Work on female drinking and female drug and alcohol abuse is proliferating because interest and productivity in alcohol research has expanded. In this work, the editors' primary focus is on the abuse of alcohol, its biological effects, behavioral effects, abuses, and problems.

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Work on female drinking and female drug and alcohol abuse is proliferating because interest and productivity in alcohol research has expanded. In this work, the editors' primary focus is on the abuse of alcohol, its biological effects, behavioral effects, abuses, and problems.

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Throughout the 1980s, the issue of substance abuse testing became increasingly important to employers. The first addresses the intricacies of substance abuse and testing, presenting six chapters that survey substance abuse in the workplace; The second section covers the issue of AIDS and AIDS testing through four chapters: AIDS in the workplace;

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A provocative debunking of prevailing beliefs about the concept of addiction. The author argues that addiction is not a disease, but a voluntary choice in lifestyle. The work covers all forms of addiction, from drugs and alcohol to gambling, smoking and sex.

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This title is an in-depth, insightful, accessible and entertaining study of the world's most controversial weed - and, after tobacco, alcohol and aspirin, the world's most widely taken drug.

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A recovered alcoholic, whose lecture series has been widely used in governmen and private rehabilitation programs, makes an in-depth presentation on alcoholism that covers its causes, effects, treatment, and sources of furthe information and assistance.

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The explosive bestseller that revolutionized our understanding of the addictive process. With a new introduction addressing the backlash to the co-dependency movement.