Synopsis
Vol. 1: This invaluable text has been unanimously embraced by a wide array of professionals for its remarkable clarity and practicality as a comprehensive view of substance abuse problems, including alcohol and tobacco abuse. The Substance Abuse Problems is a compilation of essays on current problems of drug abuse and alcoholism—legal and illegal drugs, effects of abuse, trends in drug abuse, the global nature of the problem, various diagnoses and treatments, and special groups involved with the use of drugs. Leading expert Sidney Cohen translates the overwhelming abundance of information available into a compact and highly readable summary.
Volume 2: New Issues for the 80s In this second volume, Sidney Cohen again deals authoritatively with today's controversies and questions in the area of alcohol and drug abuse. In addition to the specific drugs and their effects and side effects, conceptual problems and fundamental issues about the abuse of mind-altering chemicals are explored. This volume is a reliable resource that offers accurate and up-to-date information on an array of drug-related topics. Written in a concise and readable style that clearly distinguishes facts, controversies, and opinions, this valuable book will help make complex subjects comprehensible and should, like the preceding volume, be of great use to a wide variety of professionals and students.