Drugs, Society, and Human Behavior with PowerWeb - Softcover

Ksir, Charles J.; Hart, Carl L; Ray, Oakley S

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0073138924 ISBN 13: 9780073138923

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2005

Synopsis

Designed for the introduction to drugs and substance abuse course as taught in departments of health education, psychology, biology, sociology, and criminal justice, this full-color market-leading text provides the latest information on drugs and their effects on society and human behavior. For over thirty years, instructors and students have relied on it to examine drugs and behavior from the behavioral, pharmacological, historical, social, legal, and clinical perspectives.

About this title

About the Author:

Charles Ksir received his bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin, and his Ph.D. from Indiana University in Bloomington. Following his postdoctoral training in Neurobiology at the Worcester Foundation in Massachusetts, he began a 34-year career in teaching and research at the University of Wyoming, where he also served in a variety of administrative positions. Now a professor emeritus, he focuses his efforts on teaching and textbook writing. He has taught the psychology course Drugs and Behavior to over three thousand students since 1972, and has received several teaching awards.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0073138924
• ISBN 13: 9780073138923
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 451