Treating Drug Problems: Volume 2 - Softcover

Institute Of Medicine; Committee For The Substance Abuse Coverage Study

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309043964 ISBN 13: 9780309043960

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1992

Synopsis

Treating Drug Problems: Volume 2 presents a wealth of incisive and accessible information on the issue of drug abuse and treatment in America.

Several papers lay bare the relationship between drug treatment and other aspects of drug policy, including a powerful overview of twentieth century narcotics use in America and a unique account of how the federal government has built and managed the drug treatment system from the 1960s to the present. Two papers focus on the criminal justice system.

The remaining papers focus on:

• Employer policies and practices toward illegal drugs.
• Patterns and cycles of cocaine use in subcultures and the popular culture.
• Drug treatment from a marketing, supply-and-demand perspective, including an analysis of policy options.

Treating Drug Problems: Volume 2 provides important information to policy makers and administrators, drug treatment specialists, and researchers.

About this title

About the Author

Dean R. Gerstein and Henrick J. Harwood, Editors; Committee for the Substance Abuse Coverage Study, Institute of Medicine

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309043964
• ISBN 13: 9780309043960
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Harwood Henrick J., Gerstein Dean R.