Presents teen-oriented information on the physical and mental health dangers of substance abuse, covering alcohol, tobacco, drugs and chemicals, drug-related concerns such as drunk driving and sex, and treatment; and provides drug statistics and resources for help.
« Provides basic consumer health information for teens on drug use, abuse, and addiction, along with facts about related health concerns, treatment, and recovery. Includes index, resource information and recommendations for further reading. »--
Comprehensive information about drug use, abuse, and addiction, describing the physical and psychological effects of drugs and chemicals that are commonly abused.
"Provides basic consumer health information for teens on drug use, abuse, and addiction, along with facts about related health concerns, treatment, and recovery. Includes index, resource information and recommendations for further reading"--Provided by publisher
"Provides basic consumer health information for teens on drug use, abuse, and addiction, along with facts about related health concerns, treatment, and recovery. Includes index, resource information and recommendations for further reading"--Provided by publisher.
Harm reduction programmes accept the reality of drug use while attempting to reduce its harmful consequences to individuals and society. Here, contributors discuss the philosophical basis and history of such policies andexamine their outcomes.
In this volume, international contributors discuss the philosophical basis and history of harm reduction policies and examine their outcomes. They also cover controversial topics related to harm reduction especially conflicts between the public health system, where most programs…
"Harm reduction programs accept the reality of drug use while attempting to reduce its harmful consequences to individuals and society. This term, coined about 15 years ago in the U.K., has become a policy paradigm increasingly explored throughout most of the industrialized worl…
"Harm reduction programs accept the reality of drug use while attempting to reduce its harmful consequences to individuals and society. This term, coined about 15 years ago in the U.K., has become a policy paradigm increasingly explored throughout most of the industrialized worl…
Harm reduction programmes accept the reality of drug use while attempting to reduce its harmful consequences to individuals and society. Here, contributors discuss the philosophical basis and history of such policies and examine their outcomes.
Levinson, an alcoholism and substance abuse counselor in New York state, discusses drug history and policy and examines the question of drug legalization, treatment, and prevention. He applies general semantics ("a process-oriented, problem solving system") to the material, stre…
