Understanding street drugs : a handbook of substance misuse for parents, teachers and other professionals / David Emmett and Graeme Nice.
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- Edition
- Second edition.
- Description
- 335 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Note
- Revised editions of: Understanding drugs, published in 1996.
- Includes index.
- Contents
- A brief history of drug use and a snapshot of the current drugs situation in Britain -- Cannabis (Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol -- Stimulants -- Hallucinogens -- Opiates -- Volatile substance abuse : 'sniffing' -- Tranquillisers and sleeping pills (anxyiolytics and hypnotics) -- Anabolic steroids -- Over-the-counter medicines and prescription-only medicines -- 'Date rape' drugs -- Signs and symptoms of substance misuse : things you need to look out for -- Physical evidence of possible drug or substance use -- Managing drug-related incidents -- Common reasons for drug and substance misuse, and details of available treatment -- The language of drug and substance abuse -- The legislation debate.
- Subject
- Drug abuse -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain.
- Drug abuse -- Treatment -- Great Britain.
- Youth -- Drug use -- Prevention.
- Added Author
- Nice, Graeme.
- Emmett, David. Understanding drugs.
- ISBN
- 1843103516 paperback alkaline paper
- Standard No.
- 9781843103516 (pbk. : alk. paper)