Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society

"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 the use and abuse of a wide range of licit and illicit drugs from historical, biological, psychological, and sociological perspectives. New topics discussed in the fifth edition include: New "By the Numbers.".. features at the beginning of each chapter provide provocative statistics relating to drug use and abuse, such as the percentage of people reporting drug abuse as a cause of family trouble (24%); the estimated number of illicit drug users worldwide (185 million); or the number of outdoor marijuana plants in the U.S. seized by the DEA in 2003 (1.1 million). Coverage of drug-related emergencies and drug-related deaths has been revised to include the 2006 Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) statistics. A new Point/Counterpoint debate asks, " Should pharmaceutical companies be allowed to advertise prescription drugs to the public?" New Drugs... in Focus stories about the role of drugs in our history and present-day culture include: "The Meth Epidemic Across America"; " Hemp in America - Coming Full Circle"; "Suspension Penalties for Steroid Use in Professional Sports"; and" Ambien versus Lunesta - The Sleeping Pill War." New "Health Line" features provide helpful information and new medical applications including "Stimulants as " Smart Pills" "; "Alcohol, Security, and Spectator Sports"; "African Americans, Smoking, and Mentholated Cigarettes"; "Coffee, Genes, and Heart Attacks"; and "Bioequivalence versus Bioavailability inPrescription Drugs." New HealthAlerts provide emergency information about drug abuse situations and recognition signs of serious drug misuse or abuse.Levinthal, Charles F. is the author of 'Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780205483297 and ISBN 0205483291.