Product Description: This fascinating book presents a scientifically objective, and thoroughly documented exposition of the pharmacological and psychological effects of nearly every known substance that affects human consciousness, from alcohol to Zopiclone...read more

Product Description: Current approaches to drugs tend to be determined by medical and criminal visions that emerged over a century ago; the concepts of addiction, on the one hand, and drug control on the other, having imposed themselves as the unquestionable central notions surrounding drug issues and discourses...read more

This full color market leading text provides the latest information on drugs and the effects on society and human behavior. Instructors and students have relied on it for over twenty-five years to examine Drugs and behavior from the behavioral, pharmacological, historical, social, legal, and clinical perspectives. New texts now come packaged with PowerWeb: Drugs.

This text provides an examination of all aspects of drugs and their users, and considers drugs from all perspectives, including behavioural, pharmacological, historical, social, legal and clinical. Providing up-to-date facts, the text aims to assist readers in making well-informed decisions about behaviour and choices. This edition includes a new section on theories of addiction, including information on why certain people are predisposed to addiction problems and risk factors. The text includes DSM-IV information in a separate box, and there are also three-dimensional models of the chemical substances discussed, in order to generate greater student comprehension.

This text provides information on drugs and their effects on society and human behaviour. Drugs and behaviour is examined from the behavioural, pharmacological, historical, social, legal and clinical perspectives. Drugs studied include over-the-counter drugs, opiates and marijuana.