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Title:

Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial issues in drugs and society / edited, selected, and with introductions by Raymond Goldberg.

Edition:

5th ed.

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill/Dushkin,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

xx, 347 p. : 24 cm.

Subject:

Drug abuse--Social aspects--United States.

Other Authors:

Goldberg, Ray.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Are antidrug media campaigns effective? Should the United States put more emphasis on stopping the importation of drugs? -- Will a lower blood alcohol level for drunk driving reduce automobile accidents? -- Should needle exchange programs be supported? -- Should pregnant drug users be prosecuted? -- Is drug addiction a choice? -- Is harm reduction a desirable national drug control policy goal? -- Are the adverse effects of smoking exaggerated? -- Should marijuana be legal for medicinal purposes? -- Should doctors promote alcohol for their patients? -- Do the consequences of caffeine outweigh the benefits? -- Are too many children receiving Ritalin? -- Should advertisements for prescription drugs be regulated? -- Should nonsmokers be concerned about the effects of secondhand smoke? -- Is total abstinence the only choice for alcoholics? -- Is drug abuse resistance education (DARE) an effective program? -- Should employees be required to participate in drug testing? -- Does drug abuse treatment work? -- Are antidrug media campaigns effective?

ISBN:

9780072484168
0072484160

OCLC:

(OCoLC)48137503

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)