Table of Contents

Foreword 1. What is a Drug and What is Addiction? 2. Systematic Effects of Excess Alcohol Consumption 3. Alcohol and the Genetic Predisposition 4. Alcohol and the Brain 5. Alcohol on the Mind 6. The Sociology of Alcohol Abuse 7. Alcohol and Society 8. Smoking and the Lung 9. Smoking: Addiction to Nicotine 10. Helping People to Stop Smoking 11. Molecular Basis of Addiction 12. Ecstasy 13. Adolescent Drug Use and Health: Problems Other Than Dependence 14. The Nature of Heroin and Cocaine Dependence 15. Benzodiazepine Abuse 16. Treatment Options Across the Addictions 17. Rehabilitation: The Long Haul 18. Policing Drug Abuse 19. Prevention

About the Author

Woody Caan, Jackie de Belleroche

Reviews

'... both students and established practitioners will benefit from reading and dipping into this book.' - The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

'...an addiction text for healthcare professionals that is both readable and worthwhile.' - Addiction

'Both students and established practitioners will benefit from reading and dipping into this book.'- The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

'An addiction text for healthcare professionals that is both readable and worthwhile.'-Addiction