Heroin
By: Helen Cothran, book editor.
Contributors: Cothran, Helen.
Series: At issue; At issue (San Diego, Calif.)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: San Diego, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Heroin abuse; Heroin abuse -- Treatment
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-77) and index.
Table of contents: title: The lucrative international heroin trade / James Emery; title: Rockers, models and the new allure of heroin / Karen Schoemer; title: Teen heroin abuse is a serious problem / Eileen Moon; title: The press exaggerate the heroin abuse problem / Jack Shafer; title: The tragedy of heroin addiction / Curtis P. McMaster; title: Parents of heroin addicts undergo emotional distress / Jane Adams; title: Treatment for heroin addiction / Join Together; title: Needle-exchange programs for heroin users save lives / Jon Fuller; title: Needle-exchange programs encourage heroin abuse / Joe Loconte; title: Methadone treatment is a practical solution to heroin addiction / Stephen Chapman; title: Methadone treatment programs create more heroin addicts / Theodore Dalymple; title: Heroin addicts should have supervised access to heroin / Ethan Nadelmann; title: Supplying addicts with heroin is unethical / Robert Maginnis.