Demystifying Drugs
Subtitle: A Psychosocial Perspective
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: October 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780312223120
Subjects: Social Science; Self-Help; Sociology; Substance Abuse & Addictions - Drug Dependence; Substance Abuse & Addictions - General; Social Science / General; General; Sociology - General; Drug Abuse; Drug addicts; Drug control; Narcotics, Control of
Description: "Demystifying Drugs analyses the assumptions behind different viewpoints in the drug debate, and argues that social experiences must be given greater precedence if we are to understand substance-influenced behaviour. The author examines different theories of the essential nature of drug misuse and presents data showing differences in the psychosocial backgrounds of problematic consumers, recreational consumers and abstainers."--BOOK JACKET.