Taking a pharmacological approach, Carroll offers strong coverage of each of the drug groups, including over-the-counter
and prescription drugs. This is a straightforward, nonjudgmental examination of drug use that emphasizes the importance
of education in preventing and solving societal and individual drug problems. Now packaged access to the Annual
Editions Online this text offers students and instructors the most up-to-date information available.
Features
Provides more thorough coverage of abuse problems and issues surrounding alcoholism and alcohol use as a disease
such as, drinking and driving, alcohol dependence, children and alcohol, and information on alternatives to AA
with a new second chapter on alcohol, Chapter 5 : Alcohol Problems : Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Updated to include comprehensive information on tobacco (Chapter 8), such as the latest on underage prevention,
cessation techniques, passive smoke exposure, and litigation and law making at the state and federal levels.
Examines the impact of drug use and abuse in populations previously overlooked by researchers in new chapter
14 : Alcohol and Other Drugs in Special Populations . Populations include women, racial and ethnic minority groups
(African American, Hispanic Americans, American Indians/Alaskan Natives, Asian/Pacific Islanders), athletes (anabolic
and androgenic steroids and other drugs), and elderly people.
Covers sociocultural and historical aspects as well as immediate physical and psychological effects of alcohol
in completely revised Chapter 4 : Alcohol : America's Drink-Drug, setting the stage for discussion of dependence
in the following chapter.
Updated and edited throughout by new contributing author Lynne Durrannt, University of Utah, streamlining coverage
and energizing the presentation.
Offers additional resources and the suggestions for exploring the web in new book specific web site .
Accompanied by a book specific PowerPoint presentation that may be downloaded from the web site.
Introduces students to the information about drugs that is available on the Interent by providing relevant
world wide web sites for each chapter and introducing students to the major sites at the beginning of the book.
Includes with new copies free access to Annual Editions Online Drugs. This site includes current articles on
topics related to drugs and substance use and abuse.
Promotes critical thinking and class discussion with At Issue boxes that look at both sides of controversial
issues.
Covers the sociocultural issues that impact on drug abuse in a broad range of populations encouraging students
to observe that drug use/abuse crosses cultural and socioeconomic lines.
Presents comprehensive, unbiased information that serves health education needs by providing a complete record
of facts without promoting myths and emphasizing the importance of education in preventing and solving societal
and individual drug problems.
Table of Contents
Part l Introduction
1. Drugs, Drinks, and Medications
2. The Allure of Drugs: Origins of Drug Taking Behavior
3. Pharmacology: Drug Actions and Interactions
Part 2 The Depressants
4. Alcohol: America's Drink Drug
5. Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
6. Narcotics: Opioid Analgesics
7. Sedative-Hypnotics and inhalents
Part 3 The Stimulants
8. Tobacco: A Persistent Health Threat
9. Cocaine and Other "Chemical Uppers"
Part 4 The Mind-Expanding Euphoriants
10. Psychedelics and Phencyclidine
11. Marijuana: Unique and Controversial
Part 5 Medicines
12. Over-the-Counter Drugs
13. Prescription Drugs
Part 6 New Dimensions of Drugging, Drinking, Medicating and Prevention
14. Alcohol and Other Drugs in Special Populations
15. Drug Abuse Prevention
16. Alcohol, Tobacco, and other Drug Prevention Education
