The Alcohol Drug Abuse Dictionary And Encyclopedia

Terminology and lengthy definitions intended as a working vocabulary among interested lay persons and professionals. Contains "insights to the special worlds of addicts, traffickers, police officers, jurists, and others." Entries are lengthy, explanatory, and give examples when needed. Miscellaneous appendixes. Bibliography.

With more than 30.000 entries The A-Z Enczclopedia on Alcohol and Substance Abuse is the most complete and comprehensive reference book in the field of Substance Abuse. A useful handbbok and working tool for drug abuse professionals. The Encyclopedia is produced in close co-operation with the ICAA, International Council on Alcohol and Addictions, since its inception in 1907 the world's leading professional non-governmental organisation working with drug-abuse related issues.

Covers substance use and abuse around the world, the effects of substance abuse on the abuser and family, addiction research, treatment programs, substance abuse laws, education and prevention efforts.

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Generic listing and definitions of drugs subject to abuse. Sources were drug research literature and dictionaries. Entries vary in length. Each entry gives term or phrase, explanatory definition, related terms, slang terms, cross references, and classification according to pharmacological and psychological action. Appendixes of classification, slang terms, trade names, and acronyms.

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