In this anthology drug policy expert David Musto chronicles the rise and fall and rise again of the most popular mind altering substances in the United States: alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and opiates.
Seeks to expand our thinking about drug control in a free society by looking at the ethical issues as well as anthropological, sociological, economic, political, and philosophical questions that arise in the debate. This book includes essays by William Bennett, President Clinton, Thomas Szasz, George Will, John Q Wilson, and others.
Bringing together critical thinking and addiction work, this book offers the tools to think critically and make better decisions. It helps to learn: evaluating critical thinking abilities; the characteristics of a critical thinking professional; how to recognize and avoid fallacies; and the ethics and consequences of using critical thinking.
Exploring stories of untreated addicts who have recovered from a lifestyle of substance use without professional help, this book examines reasons for avoiding treatment, strategies employed to break away from dependency and identifying candidates for this approach.
Based on 46 interviews with formerly addicted individuals, this book examines their reasons for avoiding treatment, the strategies they employed to break away from their dependencies, the circumstances that facilitated untreated recovery, and implications of recovery without treatment for treatment professionals and for prevention and drug policy.
A hands-on guide for psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and substance abuse counselors. The community reinforcement approach acknowledges the powerful role of environmental contingencies in encouraging or discouraging drinking, and attempts to rearrange those contingencies so a non-drink
This instructive manual presents a pragmatic and clinically proven approach to the prevention and treatment of undergraduate alcohol abuse. Including numerous reproductive handouts and assessment forms, the book takes readers step-by-step through conducting BASICS assessment and feedback sessions.
Rejects the pabulum of more laws, more money, more enforcement personnel, and more jails as the road to victory in the 'war on drugs'. This work documents the failure of the drug war and the erroneous premise central to its destructive and doomed strategy: the idea that drug taking controls human behaviour; that drugs 'cause' physical dependency.
This workbook is an initial approach for helping teenagers become aware, both cognitively and emotionally, of the negative consequences of their drug and/or alcohol use. It is hoped that by seeing for themselves how not using can make their life better, teenagers will become motivated toward beginning treatment. This is a package of 5.