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Drugs and Society
Each new print copy includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access that unlocks a comprehensive and interactive eBook, student practice activities and assessments, the full Student Study Guide, a full suite of instructor resources, and learning analytics reporting tools.
Revised to keep pace with the latest data and statistics, Drugs and Society, Thirteenth Edition with Navigate 2 Advantage Access, continues to captivate students by taking a multidisciplinary approach to the impact of drug use and abuse on the lives of average individuals. The authors have integrated their expertise in the fields of drug abuse, pharmacology, and sociology with their extensive experiences in research, treatment, drug policy making, and drug policy implementation to create an edition that speaks directly to students on the medical, emotional, and social damage drug use can cause.
Drugs and Society, Thirteenth Edition is written on a personal level and directly addresses college students by incorporating individual drug use and abuse experiences as well as personal and institutional perspectives. Students will find these personal accounts both insightful and interesting.
WHAT's NEW & IMPROVED?
NEW - Includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access with complete animated eBook and Student Study Guide, as well as a wealth of additional student assessments and instructor material
NEW - The best-selling Student Study Guide to accompany Drugs and Society is now including within Navigate 2 and includes writable PDFs
NEW! Addresses current topics such as steroid abuse in baseball, OxyContin, restrictions on pain pills, marijuana legalization, heroin potency, designer drugs, synthetic drugs (spice and K2), marijuana wax
UPDATED! Includes the most recent information on developments in states which have or intend to legalize recreational and medical marijuana use as well as coverage on the distinction of the two major types of marijuana
UPDATED! Covers data and major drug use findings of drug abuse by middle school, adolescent, young adult, middle-aged, and senior citizens
KEY FEATURES!
Holding the Line sections include vignettes that help readers assess governmental efforts to deal with drug-related problems
Case in Point sections provide examples of relevant clinical and/or social issues that arise from the use of each major group of drugs
Here and Now sections include current events that illustrate the personal and social consequences of drug abuse
Family Matters boxes show examples of how genetics and heredity contribute to drug abuse and its issue
Drugs and Society, Thirteenth Edition is written on a personal level and directly addresses college students by incorporating individual drug use and abuse experiences as well as personal and institutional perspectives. Students will find these personal accounts both insightful and interesting.
With Navigate 2, technology and content combine to expand the reach of your classroom. Whether you teach an online, hybrid, or traditional classroom-based course, Navigate 2 delivers unbeatable value. Experience Navigate 2 today at www.jblnavigate.com/2.
Revised to keep pace with the latest data and statistics, Drugs and Society, Thirteenth Edition with Navigate 2 Advantage Access, continues to captivate students by taking a multidisciplinary approach to the impact of drug use and abuse on the lives of average individuals. The authors have integrated their expertise in the fields of drug abuse, pharmacology, and sociology with their extensive experiences in research, treatment, drug policy making, and drug policy implementation to create an edition that speaks directly to students on the medical, emotional, and social damage drug use can cause.
Drugs and Society, Thirteenth Edition is written on a personal level and directly addresses college students by incorporating individual drug use and abuse experiences as well as personal and institutional perspectives. Students will find these personal accounts both insightful and interesting.
WHAT's NEW & IMPROVED?
NEW - Includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access with complete animated eBook and Student Study Guide, as well as a wealth of additional student assessments and instructor material
NEW - The best-selling Student Study Guide to accompany Drugs and Society is now including within Navigate 2 and includes writable PDFs
NEW! Addresses current topics such as steroid abuse in baseball, OxyContin, restrictions on pain pills, marijuana legalization, heroin potency, designer drugs, synthetic drugs (spice and K2), marijuana wax
UPDATED! Includes the most recent information on developments in states which have or intend to legalize recreational and medical marijuana use as well as coverage on the distinction of the two major types of marijuana
UPDATED! Covers data and major drug use findings of drug abuse by middle school, adolescent, young adult, middle-aged, and senior citizens
KEY FEATURES!
Holding the Line sections include vignettes that help readers assess governmental efforts to deal with drug-related problems
Case in Point sections provide examples of relevant clinical and/or social issues that arise from the use of each major group of drugs
Here and Now sections include current events that illustrate the personal and social consequences of drug abuse
Family Matters boxes show examples of how genetics and heredity contribute to drug abuse and its issue
Drugs and Society, Thirteenth Edition is written on a personal level and directly addresses college students by incorporating individual drug use and abuse experiences as well as personal and institutional perspectives. Students will find these personal accounts both insightful and interesting.
With Navigate 2, technology and content combine to expand the reach of your classroom. Whether you teach an online, hybrid, or traditional classroom-based course, Navigate 2 delivers unbeatable value. Experience Navigate 2 today at www.jblnavigate.com/2.
694 pages, Paperback
Published February 9, 2017
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April 5, 2020
Comprehensive.
Balanced.
Good coverage from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person perspectives, on the biological, psychological and social dimensions of alcohol and other drug use.
My only complaints would be that [a] some of the sections are WAY out of date (e.g. Drug Use and the Entertainment Industry), and [b] some of the cited sources are WAY poor (e.g. NARCONON - a Scientology based recovery program).
That being said.
The book is as good a resource for a comprehensive overview of the issue of substance use disorders as any that I am aware of.
WARNING!!!
In case you’re curious.
I offer the following personal qualifications for my opinion. Skip the following if you don’t care:
I’m an MA level licensed therapist, with over 10 years of experience and training working the field of dual diagnosis mental health and addiction recovery.
I’m about 75% of the way through my doctoral level training focused on mental health and addiction treatment (I read this textbook as part of that training).
I am currently serving as the clinical director of one of the top dual diagnosis addiction recovery programs in the world (real talk).
I have worked in every socioeconomic level from homeless populations to billionaires and rockstars.
I have worked in every model, from harm reduction - methadone maintenance to abstinence based.
I have worked at every level of care from community outreach, outpatient to residential.
I am personally very familiar with AA and 12 step and have worked the steps in several programs.
And I am also educated and up to date on medical and science based literature and perspectives on the subject.
Lastly:
I’m a recovered true believer, and I currently (privately) identify as a godless (Buddhist adjacent) atheist (lowercase a not capital A-hole atheist).
So take that for what it’s worth.
Balanced.
Good coverage from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person perspectives, on the biological, psychological and social dimensions of alcohol and other drug use.
My only complaints would be that [a] some of the sections are WAY out of date (e.g. Drug Use and the Entertainment Industry), and [b] some of the cited sources are WAY poor (e.g. NARCONON - a Scientology based recovery program).
That being said.
The book is as good a resource for a comprehensive overview of the issue of substance use disorders as any that I am aware of.
WARNING!!!
In case you’re curious.
I offer the following personal qualifications for my opinion. Skip the following if you don’t care:
I’m an MA level licensed therapist, with over 10 years of experience and training working the field of dual diagnosis mental health and addiction recovery.
I’m about 75% of the way through my doctoral level training focused on mental health and addiction treatment (I read this textbook as part of that training).
I am currently serving as the clinical director of one of the top dual diagnosis addiction recovery programs in the world (real talk).
I have worked in every socioeconomic level from homeless populations to billionaires and rockstars.
I have worked in every model, from harm reduction - methadone maintenance to abstinence based.
I have worked at every level of care from community outreach, outpatient to residential.
I am personally very familiar with AA and 12 step and have worked the steps in several programs.
And I am also educated and up to date on medical and science based literature and perspectives on the subject.
Lastly:
I’m a recovered true believer, and I currently (privately) identify as a godless (Buddhist adjacent) atheist (lowercase a not capital A-hole atheist).
So take that for what it’s worth.
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