| Description |
208 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Opposing viewpoints series
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-203) and index. |
| Contents |
Teen drug abuse is a serious problem / Barry McCaffrey -- Teen drug abuse has been exaggerated / Mike Males -- Smoking causes significant health problems / Alicia M. Lukachko and Elizabeth M. Whelan -- Smoking-related health problems have been exaggerated / Robert A. Levy, interviewed by Stephen Goode -- Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem / Michelle Meadows -- Media have exaggerated the prescription drug abuse crisis / Tom Shales -- Addiction is a brain disease / Alan Leshner -- Addiction is not a brain disease / Sally Satel -- Some chemical dependency is caused by genetic factors / Ernest P. Nobel -- Variety of factors causes adolescent drug abuse / Susan M. Gordon -- Movies present mixed messages about substance abuse / Office of National Drug Control Policy and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration -- Needle-exchange programs can reduce the transmission of AIDS / Peter Beilenson, interviewed by Will Van Sant -- Needle-exchange programs do not reduce the transmission of AIDS / Joe Loconte -- Drug tests of pregnant women are necessary / Robert H. Hood -- Drug tests of pregnant women are discriminatory / Mary Faith Marshall -- Alcoholics Anonymous can reduce the problems caused by drinking / Anonymous -- Harm-reduction approaches can reduce the problems caused by drinking / Marcus Grant and Eric Single -- Methadone is the most effective treatment for heroin addiction / Stephen Chapman -- War on drugs can succeed / William J. Bennett -- War on drugs has failed / Timothy Lynch -- Drug use should be decriminalized / Joseph D. McNamara -- Drug use should not be decriminalized / Barry McCaffrey -- Mandatory minimum sentences are essential to the war on drugs / David Risley -- Mandatory minimum sentences are ineffective and unfair / Dirk Chase Eldredge -- Drug courts are a promising solution to the drug problem / Richard S. Gebelein -- Drug courts have not reduced the drug problem / Melissa Hostetler. |
| Subject |
Drug abuse.
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| Added Author |
Egendorf, Laura K., 1973-
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| ISBN |
0737712228 (lib. : alk. paper) |
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073771221X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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