Drugs and Society

Thoroughly revised and updated, Drugs and Society, Eleventh Edition, provides students with a realistic perspective of drug-related problems in our society. Written in an objective and user-friendly manner, this best-selling text continues to captivate students by taking a biological approach to the impact of drug use and abuse on the lives of ordinary people. The Eleventh Edition incorporates the authors#x19; combined expertise in pharmacology, drug abuse, and sociology and extensive experience in research, teaching, drug policy-making, and drug policy implementation and includes hundreds of new citations that reflect the current state of drug abuse issues and the rapidly changing issues of substance abuse/addiction.

Chapter1 Introduction to Drugs and Society
Chapter2 Explaining Drug Use and Abuse
Chapter3 Drug Use, Regulation, and the Law
Chapter4 Homeostatic Systems and Drugs
Chapter5 How and Why Drugs Work
Chapter6 CNS Depressants: Sedative-Hypnotics
Chapter7 Alcohol: Pharmacological Effects
Chapter8 Alcohol: Behavioral Effects
Chapter9 Narcotics (Opioids)
Chapter10 Stimulants
Chapter11 Tobacco
Chapter12 Hallucinogens (Psychedelics)
Chapter13 Marijuana
Chapter14 Inhalants
Chapter15 Over-the-Counter (OTC), Prescription, and Herbal Drugs
Chapter16 Drug Use In Subcultures of Special Populations
Chapter17 Drug Abuse Prevention
Chapter18 Treating Drug Dependence