Drug Use and Abuse: A Comprehensive Introduction

Abadinsky, Howard

ISBN 10: 0495093394 / ISBN 13: 9780495093398

Published by Cengage Learning, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Drug Use and Abuse: A Comprehensive Introduction
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0495093394
• ISBN 13: 9780495093398
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Acceptable

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Synopsis

Current and insightful, the up-to-date Sixth Edition of Howard Abadinsky's DRUG USE AND ABUSE: A COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTION offers an interdisciplinary, comprehensive survey of all aspects of the drug and alcohol abuse issue, including the impact of drugs on our society; their history and the pharmacological impact of drugs on the body; drug policy implications; the criminal justice system response; the effects, treatment, and prevention of abuse; theories of use; the drug business; and drug law enforcement.

About the Author

Howard Abadinsky is professor of criminal justice at St John's University. He served eight years as an inspector for the Cook County, Illinois, sheriff and 15 years as a New York state parole officer and senior parole officer. The founder of the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime, he also served as a consultant to the President's Commission on Organized Crime. He holds a B.A. from Queens College of the City University of New York, an M.S.W. from Fordham University, and a Ph.D. in sociology from New York University.