Living with Drugs

by Michael Gossop

Overview

Now in its sixth edition, Living with Drugs continues to be a well-respected and indispensable reference tool. Michael Gossop has updated this new edition to take account of new laws and practices that have come in to place since the previous edition, published in 2000. Written in an accessible style and providing a balanced perspective, the book is ideal for non-specialists in training, such as student nurses and social workers and for anyone with an interest in this complex, ever-present and emotive issue.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815390299
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/29/2017
Edition description:	6th ed.
Pages:	245
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface to the 6th edition; The chemistry of everyday life; The effects of drugs; The social context; Chemical comforts; Alcohol; Tobacco; Cannabis; The hallucinogens; Archetypal drugs of abuse; The control of drugs; Junkie myths; Doors in the wall; Selected bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

Gossop, a researcher in the National Addiction Center at the London University Institute of Psychiatry, looks at why and how people take drugs and the problems that often result. He discusses the full spectrum of drugs and shows how drug taking is something that almost everyone does, arguing that campaigns to rid the world of drugs are futile. He argues that we must learn to manage our drug taking and to make more sensible decisions about our use of drugs in order to reduce the risks of drug taking. The author is founding editor of . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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