Drug abuse
Subtitle: opposing viewpoints
By: Tamara L. Roleff, book editor.
Contributors: Roleff, Tamara L., 1959-
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780737722260
Subjects: Drug abuse; Drug abuse -- Prevention; Drug control; Drug testing
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-217) and index.
Table of contents: title: Marijuana is harmful / John P. Walters; title: The harmful effects of marijuana use are exaggerated / Clarence Page; title: Ecstasy is harmful / Frederick V. Malmstrom; title: Researchers exaggerate the dangers associated with Ecstasy use / Jon Cole, Harry Sumnall, Charles Grob; title: Heroin is addictive / National Institute on Drug Abuse; title: Heroin users do not always become addicted / Jacob Sullum; title: Steroids are dangerous / Steven Ungerleider; title: Steroids are not as dangerous as many experts claim / Ronald Bailey; title: Addiction is a brain disease / Alan I. Leshner; title: Addiction is not a brain disease / Jeffrey A. Schaler; title: Marijuana use leads to the use of other drugs / Jim McDonough; title: Marijuana use may not lead to the use of other drugs / Drug Policy Research Center; title: Testing students for drug use is reasonable / Clarence Thomas; title: Testing students for drug use is unreasonable / Richard Glen Boire; title: Testing pregnant women for drug use is constitutional / Antonin Scalia, William Rehnquist, Clarence Thomas; title: Testing pregnant women for drug abuse is discriminatory / Lawrence O. Gostin; title: Workplace testing reduces drug use / OHS Health and Safety Services, Inc.; title: Workplace testing has not been proven to reduce drug use / Jacob Sullum; title: The war on drugs reduces drug abuse / Asa Hutchinson; title: The war on drugs does not reduce drug abuse / Sanho Tree; title: Illicit drugs should be legalized / Gary E. Johnson; title: Illicit drugs should not be legalized / John P. Walters; title: Drug education programs can reduce drug abuse / Drug Policy Research Center; title: Drug education programs are ineffective / Ryan H. Sager; title: Twelve-step treatment programs can reduce drug abuse / Gene Hawes, Anderson Hawes; title: Most twelve-step treatment programs are ineffective at reducing drug abuse / James DeSena.