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Drug Abuse

Nonmedical Use of Dependence-Producing Drugs

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  • © 1972

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Editors:
  1. Simon Btesh

    1. CIOMS, UK

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Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 20)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-8
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  2. Introductory

    1. Introductory

      • Alfred Gellhorn
      Pages 9-14

    2. Introductory Address Drug Dependence — Putting History on the Agenda

      • Griffith Edwards
      Pages 15-24

  3. Factors Associated with the use of Dependence Producing Drugs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 24-24
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    2. Non-Pharmacological Factors in Drug Dependence

      • Daniel X. Freedman
      Pages 25-34

    3. Pharmacological Factors in Drug Dependence

      • Harris Isbell
      Pages 35-47

    4. Cultural Factors Associated with Cannabis use in Israel

      • Shlomo Shoham
      Pages 48-66

    5. Psycho-Social Factors in Alcoholism

      • Jack H. Mendelson
      Pages 67-69

    6. Clinical Research on Dependence-Producing Drugs

      • Pierre Deniker
      Pages 70-76

    7. Perspectives in Pharmacological Research on Drug Dependence

      • T. L. Chrusciel
      Pages 77-103

  4. Current Patterns of Abuse of Dependence Producing Drugs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. The Patterns of Drug Abuse in France

      • Jean F. Mabileau
      Pages 104-110

    3. Patterns of Drug Abuse in Sweden

      • Bror Rexed
      Pages 111-113

    4. The Patterns of Drug Abuse in the United Kingdom

      • P. Beedle
      Pages 114-117

    5. Patterns of Drug Abuse in Iran

      • K. W. Bash
      Pages 118-122

    6. Patterns of Drug Abuse in India

      • K. C. Dube
      Pages 123-127

    7. Patterns of Drug Abuse in South East Asia

      • Leong Hon Koon
      Pages 128-137

    8. Dependence Producing Drugs and the Traffic Safety

      • Rune Andréasson, Roger Bonnichsen
      Pages 138-145

    9. Patterns of Abuse of Dependence Producing Drugs-Some Research Approaches and Strategies

      • Dale C. Cameron
      Pages 146-172

  5. Preventive Approaches to Drug Dependence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 172-172
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Keywords

Editors and Affiliations

  • CIOMS, UK

    Simon Btesh

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Drug Abuse

  • Book Subtitle: Nonmedical Use of Dependence-Producing Drugs

  • Editors: Simon Btesh

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3210-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 1972

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-3212-1Published: 25 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-3210-7Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IV, 290

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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