BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 DRUG USE AND ABUSE -- DEFINING DRUG ABUSE -- CHARACTERISTICS OF DRUG USE AND ABUSE -- THE FUNCTIONS OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS -- THE NATURE OF DRUG ADDICTION AND DEPENDENCE -- HISTORY OF DRUG CONTROL -- INTERNATIONAL CONTROLS -- NATIONAL CONTROLS -- EXTENT OF CONTEMPORARY DRUG ABUSE -- CHAPTER 2 SOCIAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES OF DRUG USE AND ABUSE -- CONFLICTING VALUES IN DRUG USE -- YOUTH AND DRUGS -- NARCOTICS IN THE PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS -- ISSUES OF LEGALIZATION -- SPEAKING OUT ON DRUG DECRIMINALIZATION -- 1. PROPONENTS OF LEGALIZATION -- 2. THE IMPACT ON YOUTH -- 3. THE IMPACT OF DRUG PRICES -- DRUG ABUSE IN SPORTS -- STEROID USE IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL -- STATEMENTS BEFORE CONGRESS -- CHAPTER 3 PSYCHOTROPIC AND HALLUCINOGENIC DRUGS -- OPIUM AND ITS DERIVATIVES -- OPIUM ALKALOIDS -- PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIONS OF OPIATES -- MEANS OF ADMINISTRATION -- THERAPY FOR OPIATE DEPENDENCE -- HALLUCINOGENIC DRUGS AND HALLUCINATION -- TYPES OF HALLUCINOGENS -- HISTORY OF HALLUCINOGENS -- PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS -- HALLUCINOGEN USERS -- CHAPTER 4 NONNARCOTIC DRUGS, CANNABIS, AND PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS -- BARBITURATES, STIMULANTS, AND TRANQUILIZERS -- BARBITURATES -- STIMULANTS -- TRANQUILIZERS -- CANNABIS -- PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS AND PRACTICES -- GENE DOPING -- CHAPTER 5 ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND HEALTH -- TYPES OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- WINE -- BEER -- DISTILLED SPIRITS -- ALCOHOL AND THE INDIVIDUAL -- ABSORPTION THROUGH THE STOMACH AND INTESTINES -- PROCESSING IN THE LIVER -- ACCUMULATION IN THE BODY -- EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ON THE BRAIN -- EFFECTS ON BEHAVIOUR -- BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION -- LONG-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS OF DRINKING -- FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME -- CHAPTER 6 ALCOHOL AND SOCIETY -- ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN SOCIETY -- HISTORY OF ALCOHOL USE: EARLY SOCIETIES.

HISTORY OF ALCOHOL USE: CLASSICAL PEOPLES -- ALCOHOL IN MODERN SOCIETIES -- ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION WORLDWIDE -- ALCOHOL PROBLEMS AND CONTROLS -- INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL EFFECTS -- ALCOHOL CONTROL -- MODERN TRENDS IN UNDERSTANDING ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION -- CHAPTER 7 ALCOHOLISM -- DEFINING ALCOHOLISM -- CAUSES OF ALCOHOLISM -- PREVALENCE OF ALCOHOLISM -- DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH ALCOHOLISM -- ACUTE DISEASES -- CHRONIC DISEASES -- TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLISM -- PHYSIOLOGICAL THERAPIES -- PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES -- SOCIAL TREATMENT -- RESULTS OF TREATMENT -- CHAPTER 8 SMOKING: TOBACCO AND HEALTH -- METHODS OF TOBACCO CONSUMPTION -- CHEWING TOBACCO -- CIGARS -- SNUFF -- TOBACCO PIPE -- CIGARETTES -- SMOKING AND HEALTH -- HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF SMOKING -- SMOKING CESSATION -- CHAPTER 9 SMOKING: PUBLIC POLICY AND SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY -- SMOKING AND PUBLIC POLICY -- THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES OF PUBLIC POLICY ON SMOKING -- REGULATION -- TAXATION -- LITIGATION AGAINST THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY -- A SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF SMOKING -- TOBACCO IN NEW WORLD CULTURE -- TOBACCO IN OLD WORLD CULTURE -- THE AGE OF THE CIGARETTE -- CONCLUSION -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.