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The encyclopedia of drug abuse

Author: Esther Gwinnell; Christine A Adamec
Publisher: New York NY : Facts On File, ©2008.
Series: Facts on File library of health and living.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Presents a comprehensive reference of various types of drugs and how they function.
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Genre/Form: Encyclopedias
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Esther Gwinnell; Christine A Adamec
ISBN: 9780816063307 0816063303
OCLC Number: 136315961
Description: xxxiii, 380 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The history of drug abuse --
Entries A to Z --
Appendixes : I. State and territorial substance abuse offices in the United States ; II. State mental health agencies ; III. State controlled substances scheduling authorities ; IV. State health departments ; V. Important national organizations ; VI. Admissions to substance abuse treatment centers, by primary substance of abuse, 1998-2003 ; VII. Admissions by primary substance of abuse, percentage, 1998-2003 ; VIII. Types of illicit drug use in lifetime and past year among persons ages 12 and older: numbers in thousands, 2002-2004 ; IX. Types of illicit drug use in lifetime and past year among persons ages 12 and older: numbers in percentages, 2002-2004 ; X. Types of illicit drug use, past year and past month, ages 12 and older: percentages, 2002-2004, United States ; XI. Types of illicit drug use, past year and past month, persons ages 18 to 25 and older: percentages, 2002-2004, United States ; XII. Use of selected substances in the past month by persons 12 years of age and older, according to age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin: United States, 2002-2003, by percentage of population ; XIII. Federal trafficking penalties for scheduled drugs ; XIV. Table of scheduled drugs ; XV. Medications used to treat alcohol dependence ; XVI. State laws on child abuse in relation to drug abuse.
Series Title: Facts on File library of health and living.
Responsibility: by Esther Gwinnell and Christine Adamec.
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Presents a comprehensive reference of various types of drugs and how they function.

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