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Prevention and societal impact of drug and alcohol abuse

Author: Robert T Ammerman; Peggy J Ott; Ralph E Tarter
Publisher: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1999.
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(Publisher-supplied data) The chapters in this book provide a comprehensive overview of the pervasive effects throughout society of substance abuse, as well as of prevention programs at a variety of levels. The book will be of value to scholars and those working in the field alike.
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Prevention and societal impact of drug and alcohol abuse.
Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1999
(OCoLC)607169540
Online version:
Prevention and societal impact of drug and alcohol abuse.
Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1999
(OCoLC)607800013
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Robert T Ammerman; Peggy J Ott; Ralph E Tarter
ISBN: 0805831576 9780805831573 0805831584 9780805831580
OCLC Number: 39765247
Description: x, 423 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Critical issues in prevention of substance abuse / Robert T. Ammerman ... [et al.] --
What constitutes a drug of abuse? / Peter R. Giancola and Ralph E. Tarter --
Historical overview of alcohol abuse / David J. Hanson --
Historical overview of other abusable drugs / J. Bryan Page --
Health effects of alcohol / Mark A. Korsten and J.S. Wilson --
Health effects of tobacco / Reginald V. Fant, Wallace B. Pickworth, Jack E. Henningfield --
Driving under the influence / Herbert Moskowitz --
Drug abuse and infectious disease / Richard H. Needle ... [et al.] --
Substance abuse and disability / Cynthia L. Radnitz ... [et al.] --
Managed care and substance abuse treatment / Janice L. Pringle, Linda R. Kostyak, Michael T. Flaherty Criminial justice responses to adolescent substance abuse / Richard Dembo, Kimberly Pacheco --
Criminal justice responses to adult substance abuse / Timothy W. Kinlock, Thomas E. Hanlon, David N. Nurco --
Regulation of sale and distribution / Joseph F. Spillane --
Media influence / Joseph C. Fisher --
Community responses / Harold D. Holder --
Prevention in schools / Gilbert J. Botvin --
Prevention in the workplace / Paul M. Roman, Terry C. Blum --
Prevention in the community / Mary Ann Pentz --
Prevention in the military / Robert M. Bray ... [et al.] --
Prevention in prisons / Holly P. Wald, Michael T. Flaherty, Janice L. Pringle --
Prevention in medical services systems / Mark G. Fuller.
Responsibility: edited by Robert T. Ammermann, Peggy J. Ott, Ralph E. Tarter.
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(Publisher-supplied data) The chapters in this book provide a comprehensive overview of the pervasive effects throughout society of substance abuse, as well as of prevention programs at a variety of levels. The book will be of value to scholars and those working in the field alike.

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