In today's world, drugs and their use present a social paradox, combining the potential for good and for bad. As a society and as individuals, we can be the beneficiaries of drugs or their victims. This perspective continues to be the message of Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society, Fourth Edition. As has been the case since the first edition published in 1996, students will be introduced to the basic facts and the major issues concerning drug-taking behavior, in a straightforward, comprehensive, and “reader-friendly” manner. The text covers the range of chemical substances that affect our minds and our bodies and discusses the challenges these substances bring to our daily lives. Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society, Fourth Edition has been designed to be the most comprehensive review of psychoactive drugs of any undergraduate college textbook on the market today. It is particularly notable for the attention given to two aspects of drug-taking behavior that have been underreported in other texts: steroid abuse and inhalant abuse. The text also highlights the impact of dietary supplements, whether herb-based or not, on the current drug scene; the impact of “club drugs” on contemporary drug-taking behavior; and the recent increase in the abuse of prescription analgesic (pain-relief) medications such as OxyContin. Anyone interested in how drugs affect our society.
---STUDENT VERSION--- Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society discusses the positive and negative effects of drugs in our society, examining how drugs impact everyday life and what new research shows about legal and illegal drugs. This edition is designed to give you a comprehensive look at how these substances affect the mind and the body, and the concerns these drugs pose for society.
New features to the fourth edition:
- Coverage of performance enhancing drugs for athletes.
- Models of school-based and community-based prevention programs.
- Discussion of Ecstasy and the popularity of club drugs.
- Examination of the culture of alcohol and drugs in college.
- Images of smoking from movies and other media.
---EXAM COPY VERSION---
Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society provides a comprehensive look at how drugs affect both individuals and society. The text takes a behavioral approach to examining this topic by organizing specific drugs by attitudes toward their use rather than by their chemical characteristics. This text also provides perspectives in the Family Systems Model, the Public Health Model, the Harm Reduction Model, and others.
New topics discussed in the fourth edition include:
- Abuse of prescription pain medication, focusing mainly on OxyContin.
- Detailed questions to ask when seeking a treatment facility or program.
- New FDA-approved oral fluid drug testing systems.
- Examination of the importance of behavior tolerance in drug craving.
- Subcategories of anxiety disorders.
