Heroin : its history, pharmacology, and treatment
(2011)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
362.293/FERNANDEZ,H

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 362.293/FERNANDEZ,H Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Center City, Minn. : Hazelden, [2011]
©2011
EDITION
Second edition, revised and updated
DESCRIPTION

xi, 287 pages ; 23 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781592858309 (softcover), 1592858309 (softcover), 1592858309 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

The drug -- The history of heroin : the discovery of opium and the China trade -- The history of heroin : heroin in America and the world trade -- The pharmacology and physiology of heroin use -- The addict -- The psychology and culture of the heroin addict -- Case history : heroin addiction -- Treatment -- Treatment for heroin addiction : the behavioral model -- The politics of methadone maintenance -- Case histories : methadone maintenance -- Pharmacological approaches to heroin addiction treatment -- Society -- Heroin, the aids epidemic, and hepatitis B and C -- America's war on drugs -- Heroin and the criminal justice system in America -- Heroin, popular culture, and the media -- Heroin addicts : beyond redemption?

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