Addiction
Subtitle: From Biology to Drug Policy
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: August 31, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780195146646
First sentence: A 50-year-old man lies in a hospital bed, desperately ill.
Description: Drug addiction as a brain disease is this book's theme. Among the many volumes on drugs written for lay readers, it is unique in the breadth and depth of its coverage. In clear scientific terms-- with may striking examples from the author's experience as a scientist and clinician --it describes the nature of chemical addiction and addictive behavior, the seven families of addictive drugs, and the muddied effort to develop effective drug control policies and laws.