Drug Abuse

Nonmedical Use of Dependence-Producing Drugs

296 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Putting history on the agenda.- Factors associated with the use of dependence producing drugs.- Non-pharmacological factors.- Pharmacological factors.- Cultural factors.- Psychosocial factors of alcoholism.- Clinical research on dependence producing drugs.- Perspectives in pharmacological research on drug dependence.- Current patterns of abuse of dependence producing drugs.- Patterns of drug abuse in France.- Patterns of drug abuse in Sweden.- Patterns of drug abuse in the United Kingdom.- Patterns of drug abuse in Iran.- Patterns of drug abuse in India.- Patterns of drug abuse in South East Asia.- Dependence producing drugs and the traffic safety.- Some research approaches and strategies.- Preventive approaches to drug dependence.- Legal approaches.- International aspects of drug control.- Educational approaches.- Community approaches.- Medical approaches.- The establishment of a community based treatment programme.- Summary and Conclusion.- Annex.- The control of dependence producing drugs - principles and trends of National legislation - Dr. J. de Moerloose.- Drug abuse - the International point of view - Dr. V. Kusevic.- List of participants.

• Reihe: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
• Themen: Lexika Interdisziplinäre Studien
• ISBN: 9781468432121
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.11.2012
• Größe: 254 x 178 mm
• Verlag: Springer
• Herausgegeben von: S. Btesh