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Title:

Drug abuse / Roman Espejo, book editor.

Publisher:

Greenhaven Press,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

174 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Drug abuse.
Drug abuse--Prevention
Drug abuse--Treatment.
Drugs--Law and legislation.

Other Authors:

Espejo, Roman, 1977-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-166) and index.

Contents:

The War on Drugs must be continued / Gustavo Gonzales-Baez. Drug addiction is not a disease / Sally L. Satel -- Marijuana is a gateway drug / Joseph A. Califano Jr. -- Marijuana use does not lead to harder drugs / Institute of Medicine -- The media may encourage drug abuse / Barry R. McCaffrey -- The media's role in encouraging drug abuse is exaggerated / Jacob Sullum -- Adolescents and illicit drug use / Ann B. Bruner, Marc Fishman -- Club drugs are harming more youths / Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse -- Heroin use has increased / Evelyn Nieves -- Hallucinogens are harmful / Kathiann M. Kowalski -- Playing with painkillers / Claudia Kalb ... [et al.] -- Drug abuse among youths has not increased / Civic Research Institute -- There is no adolescent heroin crisis / Mike Males -- There is no prescription drug abuse crisis / Tom Shales -- Drug addiction treatment is effective / Alan I. Leshner -- Methadone treatment is an effective treatment for heroin addiction / James Cooper -- Antidrug media campaigns reduce drug abuse / Lloyd D. Johnston -- Needle-exchange programs reduce the harms of intravenous drug use / Jon Fuller -- The effectiveness of drug treatment has not been proven / Fred Reed -- The DARE program has not been effective / Ryan H. Sager -- Antidrug media campaigns should be reevaluated / S. Shyam Sundar -- Needle-exchange programs do not reduce the harms of intravenous drug use / James L. Curtis -- Drug use should be legalized / Gary E. Johnson -- Marijuana should be legalized / R. Keith Stroup -- Drug use should be an individual choice / Thomas Szasz -- Legalizing drugs would not cause an increase in drug use / Dan Gardner -- Harm reduction reduces the risks of drug use / Herbert P. Barnard -- Drug use should not be legalized / Donnie Marshall -- Marijuana should not be legalized / Bob Barr -- Harm reduction does not reduce the risks of drug use / Barry R. McCaffrey -- The War on Drugs must be continued / Gustavo Gonzales-Baez.

Series:

Current controversies

ISBN:

9780737708530 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
0737708530 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
9780737708523 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0737708522 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)48092211

LCCN:

2001051286

Locations:

KCSX145 -- Kuemper Catholic High School (Carroll)

54SX745 -- Emmetsburg High School (Emmetsburg)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

VSSX062 -- Vinton-Shellsburg CSD (Vinton)