| Description |
xiii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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The language of science |
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Language of science.
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. Environmental Factors in the Instigation and Maintenance of Drug Abuse / John L. Falk -- Ch. 2. Psychological Science Speaks to Drug Policy: The Clinical Relevance and Policy Implications of Basic Behavioral Principles / Warren K. Bickel and Richard J. DeGrandpre -- Ch. 3. Psychological Approaches to Prevention / Brenna H. Bry -- Ch. 4. Drug Abuse, Drug Treatment, and Public Policy / Sharon M. Hall, H. Westley Clark and Karen Lea Sees -- Ch. 5. Cultural Factors in the Control, Prevention, and Treatment of Illicit Drug Use: The Earthlings' Psychoactive Trek / Joseph Westermeyer -- Ch. 6. Achieving the Public Health and Safety Potential of Substance Abuse Treatments: Implications for Patient Referral, Treatment "Matching," and Outcome Evaluation / A. Thomas McLellan and Constance Weisner -- Ch. 7. Drug Policy and the Enhancement of Access to Treatment / Joseph V. Brady -- Ch. 8. Examining the Behavioral Assumptions of the National Drug Control Strategy / Robert MacCoun and Jonathan Caulkins -- Ch. 9. Assumptions about Drugs and the Marketing of Drug Policies / Stanton Peele -- Ch. 10. The Pharmacological Understanding of Psychoactive Drugs: Basic Science in the Context of Differential Prohibition / Arthur P. Leccese -- Ch. 11. American and Canadian Drug Policy: A Canadian Perspective / B.K. Alexander, Anton R.F. Schweighofer and Gary A. Dawes -- Ch. 12. The War on Drugs as a Metaphor in American Culture / Dwight B. Heath -- Ch. 13. The Impact of Socially Constructed Knowledge on Drug Policy / Richard J. DeGrandpre. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Drug abuse -- Government policy.
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Drug abuse -- Prevention -- Psychological aspects.
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Drug abuse -- Treatment -- Psychological aspects.
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Drug control.
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Substance-Related Disorders -- psychology.
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Substance-Related Disorders -- prevention & control.
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Illicit Drugs.
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Drug and Narcotic Control -- United States.
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Public policy (Law) -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Bickel, Warren K.
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DeGrandpre, Richard J.
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| ISBN |
0306452413 |
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