Author | : Charles F. Levinthal |
File Size | : 54,9 Mb |
Publisher | : Pearson Education |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 29 May 2024 |
ISBN | : 0205005950 |
Pages | : 444 pages |
Drugs Behavior and Modern Society by Charles F. Levinthal Book PDF Summary
This text examines the impact of drug-taking behavior on our society and our daily lives. The use and abuse of a wide range of licit and illicit drugs are discussed from historical, biological, psychological, and sociological perspectives. For undergraduate Drugs and Behavior courses . In today's world, drugs and their use present a social paradox, combining the potential for good and for bad. As a society and as individuals, we can be the beneficiaries of drugs or their victims. Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society, Sixth Edition features a comprehensive review of psychoactive drugs, and is notable for the attention it gives to two aspects of drug-taking behavior that have been underreported in other texts: steroid abuse and inhalant abuse.