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Chemical dependency
- Title
- Chemical dependency / Roman Espejo, book editor.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Detroit, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2011.
- Description
- 211 p. ; 24 cm.
- Other contributors
- Espejo, Roman, 1977-
- Uniform series
- Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- Is chemical dependency a serious problem? Teen drug abuse has increased / Biotech Week ; Some teen drug abuse has decreased / Monitoring the Future ; Smoking causes significant health problems / National Cancer Institute ; Smoking-related health problems are exaggerated / Maureen Martin and Joseph L. Bast ; Prescription drug abuse is a serious problem / National Institute on Drug Abuse ; The media have exaggerated the prescription drug abuse crisis / Maia Szalavitz
- What causes chemical dependency? Addiction is a brain disease / Michael Craig Miller ; Addiction is a chronic disorder / William L. White and Thomas McClellan ; Addiction is not a disease / Gene M. Heyman, as told to Daniel Akst ; Addiction is caused by genetic and environmental factors / Claudia Wallis
- What drug treatment and prevention programs are effective? Needle-exchange programs can reduce the transmission of HIV / Tina Rosenberg ; Needle-exchange programs may not reduce the transmission of HIV / Robert John Araujo ; Methadone is an effective treatment for heroin addiction / Ira J. Marion ; Methadone can be dangerous / JoNel Aleccia ; The cocaine vaccine may be effective / Kayt Sukel ; The cocaine vaccine may not be effective / Rachel Saslow
- Should drug laws be changed? The disparity in crack and powder cocaine sentences is necessary / Joseph I. Cassilly ; The disparity in crack and powder cocaine sentences is ineffective and unfair / Bill Piper ; Drug courts are a promising solution to the drug problem / Peggy Fulton Hora ; Drug courts are not a solution to the drug problem / Phillip Smith.
- Subject headings
- Substance abuse--Juvenile literature. Substance abuse--Treatment--Juvenile literature.
- ISBN
- 9780737752168 (pbk.) 0737752165 9780737752151 (hbk.) 0737752157 (hbk.)