Title: Heroin /
Authors: Fernandez, Humberto, 1950-; Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection
Publisher: Hazelden,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Heroin History.; Heroin abuse; Heroin abuse Treatment; Methadone maintenance; Heroin Dependence; Heroin Dependence therapy; Methadone therapeutic use; Methodone therapeutic use.
Abstract: For parents, teachers, police and counsellors, this is a current, no-nonsense reference on heroin's pharmacology, the sociology and psychology of its use, the political, legal, and criminal justice ramifications associated with its use, its social impact, and the best practice in treatment.
Contents: Part I: The drug -- The history of heroin: the discovery of opium and the China trade -- The history of heroin: heroin in America and the world trade -- The pharmacology and physiology of heroin use -- Part II: The addict -- The psychology and culture of the heroin addict -- Case history: heroin addiction -- Part III: Treatment -- Treatment for heroin addiction: the behavioral model -- The politics of methadone maintenance -- Case histories: methadone maintenance -- Pharmacological approaches to heroin addiction treatment -- Part IV: Society -- Heroin and the AIDS epidemic -- Organized crime, heroin distribution, and the war on drugs -- Heroin and the criminal justice system in America -- Heroin, popular culture, and the media -- Heroin addicts: beyond redemption?