Drugs and alcohol: social aspects Books

Book SynopsisWhen Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unravelling, relocates to Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at a county hospital. There he meets David Smith, a medical student recovering from a drug addiction, and the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security, in the sport they love and in each other. But when the dark beast that is David''s addiction emerges once again, almost everything Verghese has come to trust and believe in is threatened. Compassionate and moving, The Tennis Player is an unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive.Trade ReviewVerghese is a fine writer, lyrical and controlled, and he captures the attachment between two men - its motives, its allure - with both precision and charm... Wise and compassionate * New York Times Book Review *A brave and heart-baring story * Time *Heartbreaking... Indelible and haunting... An elegy to friendship found and an ode to a good friend lost * Boston Globe *

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Book SynopsisShows that under the cover of national security and covert operations, the US government has repeatedly collaborated with and protected major international drug traffickers.Table of ContentsPreface to the 1998 Paperback Edition Preface to the 1992 Paperback Edition Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The Kerry Report: The Truth but Not the Whole Truth PART I RIGHT-WING NARCOTERRORISM, THE CIA, AND THE CONTRAS 2 The CIA and Right-Wing Narcoterrorism in Latin America 3 Bananas, Cocaine, and Military Plots in Honduras 4 Noriega and the Contras: Guns, Drugs, and the Harari Network 5 The International Cali Connection and the United States 6 The Contra Drug Connections in Costa Rica PART II EXPOSURE AND COVER-UP 7 Jack Terrell Reveals the Contra-Drug Connection 8 North Moves to Silence Terrell 9 How the Justice Department Tried to Block the Drug Inquiry 10 Covert Operations and the Perversion of Drug Enforcement 11 The Media and the Contra Drug Issue 12 Conclusion Notes Names and Organizations Index

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Book SynopsisIn Search of Respect, Philippe Bourgois's now-classic, ethnographic study of social marginalization in inner-city America, won critical acclaim after it was first published in 1995 and in 1997 was awarded the Margaret Mead Award. For the first time, an anthropologist had managed to gain the trust and long-term friendship of street-level drug dealers in one of the roughest ghetto neighborhoods in the United States - East Harlem. This edition adds a prologue describing the major dynamics in America that have altered life on the streets of East Harlem in the six years since the first edition. Bourgois, in a new epilogue, brings up to date the stories of the people - Primo, Caesar, Luis, Tony, Candy - who readers come to know in this remarkable window onto the world of the inner-city drug trade.Trade Review'… rich interview and observational data is used to tell the stories of the residents … It is clear that Bourgois is a very skilled ethnographer and the book is testimony to that.' Sociology'… an impressive book. The beautifully written and well organised ethnography gives an insight into the drug scene culture with its harsh and shocking details of violence. … a masterpiece of ethnographic description …' Medische AnthropologieTable of ContentsPreface to the 2001 second edition; Introduction; 1. Violating apartheid in the United States; 2. A street history of El Barrio; 3. Crackhouse management: addiction, discipline, and dignity; 4. 'Goin' legit': disrespect and resistance at work; 5. School days: learning to be a better criminal; 6. Redrawing the gender line on the street; 7. Families and children in pain; 8. Vulnerable fathers; 9. Conclusion; Epilogue 2001.

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Book SynopsisTwenty years after his last drink, Peter Hamill looks back on his early life. Growing up during the depression and World War II, he learnt that drinking was an essential part of being a man. Only later did he discover its ability to destroy the important tools of clarity, consciousness and memory.

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Book SynopsisThe cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. This title explores how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year.Trade Review"Draws on previously confidential industry documents and Proctor's own experience as the first historian to testify in court about [industry] lies. What lies? How deep into the pleural linings did they go? All the way." Harper's Magazine "Lays out in head-shaking detail how a handful of companies painstakingly designed, produced, and mass-marketed the most lethal product on the planet." Mother Jones "[A] monumental and sobering indictment." Nature "Proctor documents a breadth and depth of the industry's duplicitous actions that is astounding." Science (AAAS) "A nearly 800-page book that begins as the Bible of the twentieth-century cigarette industry only to end as its millennial counterblaste." -- Joshua Cohen Harper's "Proctor challenges his readers to conceptualize a much happier and healthier world in which the manufacture and sale of cigarettes is prohibited." The Huffington Post "A landmark study in medicine and the history of science, and of an industry [Proctor] describes as 'evil.'" Toronto Globe & Mail "Proctor's extensive use of previously secret tobacco industry documents makes his case convincing, even compelling." -- Katherine E. Kenny Sociology/Science Studies, University of California San Diego Global Public Health "An invaluable reference for historians interested in the tobacco industry, health and medicine, or marketing in the twentieth century." -- Karen Miller Russell, University of Georgia Jrnl Of American History "A comprehensive and devastating account of tobacco industry perfidy in promoting the sale of its deadly cigarettes." -- Barron H. Lerner, New York University School of Medicine Bulletin Of The History Of Medicine "A historian's testimony on his own terms... Entertaining and hard-hitting." -- Carol Benedict, Georgetown University American Historical Review "Engaging, inexhaustible with information, and driven." Chronicle Of Higher Education "A passionate work and not for the faint of heart." American Journal Of Epidemiology "Proctor's book will be of great interest ... it debunks fraudulent industry claims past and present, provides credible arguments for banning cigarettes, and delineates steps to take before abolition is politically possible... For historians, Proctor's book particularly calls for serious conversation about ethics and best practices in our era of decreased public support of universities and rising dependence on corporate donors." -- Nan Enstad Journal of the History of MedicineTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Prologue Introduction: Who Knew What and When? PART ONE. The Triumph of the Cigarette 1. The Flue-Curing Revolution 2. Matches and Mechanization 3. War Likes Tobacco, Tobacco Likes War 4. Taxation:The Second Addiction 5. Marketing Genius Unleashed 6. Sponsoring Sports to Sell Smoke 7. Parties, the Arts, and Extreme Expeditions 8. Clouding the Web: Tobacco 2.0 PART TWO. Discovering the Cancer Hazard 9. Early Experimental Carcinogenesis 10. Roffo’s Foray and the Nazi Response 11. “Sold American”: Tobacco-Friendly Research at the Medical College of Virginia 12. A Most Feared Document: Claude E. Teague’s 1953 “Survey of Cancer Research” 13. “Silent Collaborators”: Clandestine Cancer Research Financed by Tobacco via the Damon Runyon Fund 14. Ecusta’s Experiments 15. Consensus, Hubris, and Duplicity PART THREE. Conspiracy on a Grand Scale 16. The Council for tobacco Research: Distraction Research, Decoy Research, Filibuster Research 17. Agnotology in Action 18. Measuring Ignorance: The Impact of Industry Disinformation on Popular Knowledge of Tobacco Hazards 19. Filter Flimflam 20. The Grand Fraud of Ventilation 21. Crack Nicotine: Freebasing to Augment a Cigarette’s “Kick” 22. The “Light Cigarette” Scam 23. Penetrating the Universities 24. Historians Join the Conspiracy PART FOUR. Radiant Filth and Redemption 25. What’s Actually in your Cigarette? 26. Radioactivity in Cigarette Smoke: “Three Mile Marlboro” and the Sleeping Giant 27. The Odd Business of Butts—and the Global Warming Wild Card 28. “Safer” Cigarettes? 29. Globalizing Death 30. What Must Be Done Notes Selected Bibliography Lexicon of Tobacco Industry Jargon Timeline of Global Tobacco Mergers and Acquisitions Timeline of Tobacco Industry Diversification into Candy, Food, Alcohol, and Other Products Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisTo some it''s antisocial anathema, to others it is a harmless way to relax, or provides relief from crippling pain. Some fear it is a dangerous drug that leads to ''reefer madness'' and addiction; to others still it is a legal anomaly and should be decriminalized. Whatever the viewpoint, and by whatever name it is known, cannabis - or marijuana, hashish, pot, dope, kif, weed, dagga, grass, ganja - incites debate at every level. In this definitive study, Martin Booth - author of the acclaimed OPIUM: A HISTORY - charts the history of cannabis from the Neolithic period to the present day. It is a fascinating, colourful tale of medical advance, religious enlightenment, political subterfuge and human rights; of law enforcement and customs officers, smugglers, street pushers, gang warfare, writers, artists, musicians, hippies and pot-heads.Booth chronicles the remarkable and often mystifying process through which cannabis, a relatively harmless substance, became outlawed tTrade ReviewEnlightening...a very engaging history. * Daily Telegraph *Booth tells this story with admirable restraint...this book should be on the shelf of anyone interested in human freedoms and bad laws. * Independent *So good no one will need to do another for at least fifty years...mesmerizing detail, fantastical digressions, lots of jokes and wry asides. -- James Delingpole * Literary Review *A testament to the late Booth that he could make such a boring subject so interesting. * Sunday Times *A colourful tale ... Chronicles the remarkable and often mystifying process through which cannabis became outlawed throughout the Western world, and the devastating effect such legislation has had on the global economy. * Sunday Telegraph *Table of ContentsTo some it's anathema, to others it provides relief from crippling pain: to others still, it is a legal anomaly and should be decriminalized. Whatever the viewpoint, and by whatever name it is known, cannabis - or marijuana, hashish, dope, kif, weed, dagga, grass, ganga - incites debate at every level and its impact on the world's cultures and economies is undeniable. Dating back to the Neolithic period, the history of cannabis is a tale of medical advance, religious enlightenment, political subterfuge and human rights; of law enforcement and customs officers, cunning smugglers, street pushers, gang warfare, writers, artists, musicians and happy-go-lucky hipples and pot-heads.

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Book SynopsisTraces the history of the use of hallucinogenic drugs and discusses the psychological and physical effects of LSD, marijuana, mescaline, and other drugs.

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Book SynopsisIn her New York Times bestseller Unbroken Brain, journalist Maia Szalavitz took an unflinching look at addiction, challenging the idea of the broken brain to offer a groundbreaking perspective on addiction as a learning disorder. Now she turns her keen eye and narrative powers to the surprisingly simple--and extremely divisive--practice of harm reduction, which is a revolutionary means to solving the drug addiction crisis.Drug overdoses now kill more Americans annually than guns, cars or breast cancer. But in the name of sending the right message, we have criminalized drug addiction, denied those who are addicted medical care, housing and other benefits, and have deliberately allowed the spread of fatal diseases. Yet there is an alternative to our present system, one that has been proven to work, but which runs counter to the received wisdom of our criminal and medical industrial complexes. It is called harm reduction.A surprisingly simple idea with eno

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Book SynopsisThis is your nation's history on drugsAmericans are stumbling through a world-historic drug binge. Opiates, amphetamines, benzodiazepines, marijuana, antidepressants, antipsychotics-across the board, consumption has shot up in the twenty-first century. At the same time, the United States is home to the largest prison system in the world, justified in part by a now zombified "war" on drugs. How did we get here?Quick Fixes blows away the pharmacological fog to take a sober look at how drugs have shaped American society. Though particularly acute in recent decades, the contradiction between America's passionate love for and intense hatred of these sub - stances has been one of its defining characteristics for over a century. Through nine chapters, each devoted to the modern history of a drug or class of drugs, Fong examines Americans' fraught relationship with psychoactive substances. As society changes, it produces different forms of stress, isolation, and alienation. These changes, in turn, affect the development and spread of medications and narcotics among the populace.By laying out the histories, functions, and experiences of our chemical com - forts, the hope is to help answer that ever-perplexing question: what does it mean to be an American?Trade ReviewProvocative, methodical, and righteously witty, Quick Fixes provides the fullest articulation I've seen of an argument often implied but rarely fleshed out: that 'drug problems' such as addiction and brutal drug wars are actually about capitalism rather than drugs. Under capitalism, Fong argues, drugs have been used to extract more labor from workers, to profit from workers' isolation and need for relief, and to police marginalized so-called 'surplus' populations. As a result both drug use and drug policing have become harmful compulsions. And because these compulsions are caused by capitalism, not drugs, we cannot free ourselves simply by ending the drug war. -- David Herzberg, author of White Market DrugsDrugs are deeply integrated into American capitalism, not just American culture. 'Profit wins in the end,' as Ben Fong says, but his clear, thoughtful, and troubling account improves the odds of the fight for better, longer lives. -- Craig Calhoun, coauthor of Degenerations of DemocracyWith drug use surging in the US, Ben Fong's fascinating look into America's relationship with psychoactive substances is unprecedented both in rigor and scope. It's a history you've never read before, and a desperately needed examination of where we are, how we got here, and why exactly we're all so blitzed. -- Amber A'Lee Frost, Chapo Trap House

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Book SynopsisAlice could be anyone - she could be someone you know, or someone you love - and Alice is in trouble ...Being fifteen is hard, but Alice seems fine. But the big difference between Alice and a lot of other kids on drugs is that Alice kept a diary .Trade ReviewA book that all teenagers and parents of teenagers should really read * Boston Globe *An extraordinary work- a document of horrifying reality * The New York Times Book Review *It shows the awful pressures which plague even the 15-year-old who needs all her energies to cope with growing; the isolation of one who wanders off the track and, alone, finds it impossible to fight her way back * Guardian *

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Book SynopsisDrug addiction as a brain disease is this book''s theme. Among the many volumes on drugs written for lay readers, it is unique in the breadth and depth of its coverage. In clear scientific terms-- with may striking examples from the author''s experience as a scientist and clinician --it describes the nature of chemical addiction and addictive behavior, the seven families of addictive drugs, and the muddied effort to develop effective drug control policies and laws.Trade Review"This book is an important contribution to the substance misuse debate." * Health Matters, Issue 48 *Table of ContentsPREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION, 1993 ; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION, 2000 ; 1. Introduction ; PART ONE: DRUGS AND THE BRAIN ; 2. Neurotransmitters: The Brain's Own Drugs ; 3. Receptors: Locks for the Addictive Keys ; 4. Addictive Behaviour ; 5. Pain and Pleasure ; 6. The Seesaw Brain: "Highs" and Adaptations ; 7. Are Addicts Born or Made? ; PART TWO: THE DRUGS AND THE ADDICTS ; 8. Nicotine ; 9. Alcohol and Related Drugs ; 10. Heroin, Morphine, and Other Opiates ; 11. Cocaine and Amphetamines ; 12. Cannabis (Marijuana) ; 13. Caffeine ; 14. Hallucinogens ; PART THREE: DRUGS AND SOCIETY ; 15. Prevention: Just Say No? ; 16. Treating Addiction, Preventing Relapse ; 17. Three Lessons from the Street ; 18. Three Lessons from Abroad ; 19. Prohibition vs. Legalization - A False Dichotomy ; 20. New Strategies for Rational Drug Policy ; SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING ; INDEX

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Book SynopsisAll types of communities across the US are struggling to fight the opioid epidemic. This book offers a policy analysis and provides points for in-depth discussion about the current drug crisis. It is meant to supplement a standard social welfare/social work or advocacy textbook and applies the concepts to the real-life challenges facing those with an opioid use disorder.The Opioid Crisis offers no simplistic explanations or easy answers to the policy challenges caused by the opioid crisis. Instead, it provides analytic tools such as the Social Determinants of Health to help readers grapple with this multi-faceted problem. Topics include stigma related to drug use and poverty, child welfare, the overincarceration of drug users (especially persons of color), and policy solutions such as supervised injection sites. Harm reduction, a controversial approach, is also addressed as a policy issue. Central to the book''s purpose is to increase the respect for the dignity and worth of persons wi

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Book SynopsisOperating without a license and unregulated by any government office, the recovery house provides food, shelter, company, and a bracing self-help philosophy to addicts in an area saturated with drugs and devastated by poverty. This title reveals the intricate relationships the recovery houses have forged with public welfare.

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Book SynopsisWhy do people smoke? Taking a unique approach to this question, Jason Hughes moves beyond the usual focus on biological addiction to demonstrate how sociocultural and personal understandings of smoking crucially affect the way people experience it.Trade Review"Learning to Smoke makes very original arguments about the use of tobacco in Western societies. Mindful of major sociological theories and nicely supported by a wealth of historical documentation, this study will find an enthusiastic audience among both specialists and anyone interested in the smoking problem." - Howard Becker, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Book SynopsisThis study offers a comprehensive, critical look at what is known and not known about children of alcoholics, and also constructs a model for assessing existing theory and introducing new methodological rigor into this field.

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Book SynopsisFreeman advocates strengths-centered policies as the means to empower clients and communities. Supplemented by case examples, this book outlines basic empowerment principles and practices, offers a context for power, policy, and funding decisions, and examines the needs of special populations.Table of ContentsSeries Editor's Note Foreword, by Lorraine Gutierrez Preface and Acknowledgments Part 1. Foundations of Empowerment Principles and Practice in Substance Abuse Services 1. Conceptual, Theoretical, and Research Issues Related to Empowerment Practice 2. Understanding the Substance Abuse and Addiction Process from an Empowerment Perspective Part 2. The Multilevel Substance Abuse Service System: A Context for Power, Policy, and Funding Decisions 3. The Substance Abuse Policy and Funding Subsystem: Sociopolitical and Power Issues 4. The Community Development and Primary Group Subsystem: Sources of Power, Resiliency, and Substance Abuse Prevention 5. The Substance Abuse Program Subsystem: Organizational, Administrative, and Direct Service Issues Part 3. An Empowered Substance Abuse Service Delivery Process: Expanding the Client-Centered Continuum of Care 6. Intervention: An Empowerment-Based Preservice Foundation for Prevention and Rehabilitation 7. Community Prevention: Empowerment, Systems Change, and Culturally Sensitive Evaluation 8. Assessment: Clients as Experts on Their Experiences, Recovery Motivation, and Power Resources 9. Group Approaches to Collective Empowerment in Rehab, Self-Help, and Prevention Programs 10. Family-Centered Rehabilitative Services: Intergenerational and Nuclear Family Empowerment and Evaluation Strategies 11. Building on Cultural Diversity in Client-Centered Individual Work: Implications for Self-Empowerment 12. Phased Services During Aftercare and Termination: Evaluation of Empowerment Outcomes Part 4. Empowering, Microcosm, and Empowered Substance Abuse Programs: The Voices of Special Populations 13. New Alternatives: A Drug and Alcohol Rehab Program for a Multicultural Adolescent Population 14. Restore and Repair: Perinatal Rehab Services for Women and Children 15. Recovery Works: Rehab Services for Adults with Dual Diagnoses 16. Dareisa Rehab Services: A Culture-Specific Program for African American Adults Epilogue. Lessons Learned from Empowerment Research: Implications for the Future of Empowerment Practice References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2016 "Sex Testing is the first comprehensive account of the various sex and gender tests that sports authorities have devised from the 1930s on for female athletes. It offers great documentation of significant developments, well-written throughout, accompanied by incisive, penetrating insights as to what is going on below the surface in the world of women's sports. It is a stellar, informative read that public libraries should acquire. It is certainly, above all, a scholarly resource that colleges and universities should purchase."--ARETE, publication of the Sport Literature Association."Sociology of gender scholars will find the book of interest given its historical evidence of the ways in which sex testing reflected 'larger cultural perceptions of womanhood' in the twentieth century."--Gender and Society"Pieper's well-written and carefully crafted narrative and analysis provides enormous insight into a topic previously unexplored at such depth."--Sport History Review"Pieper does an exceptional job of detailing the history and methods of sex/gender testing and of connecting the phenomenon to larger sociological issues about appropriate physical activity for women. . . . Essential."--Choice"Chock full of terrific research from primary sources. . . . Pieper's message comes through loud and clear: sex testing is a political act. It is about enforcing gender norms, not ensuring fair play."--Women's Review of Books"Pieper takes on the complex and infinitely important topic of sex testing in women's sport with fresh insight and a measured hand. In the process, she deftly unpacks how attempts to 'control' sex are continually fraught with elements of sexism, gender anxieties, and geopolitical tensions. This is an enlightening and necessarily disturbing analysis."--Jaime Schultz, author of Qualifying Times: Points of Change in U.S. Women's Sport"For the first time, someone is pulling together the complete history of sex testing in sport. A very important book that makes a significant and unique contribution."--Alison M. Wrynn, former editor, Journal of Sports History"A timely and important book, the first in-depth history of its kind. Rich in detail and thorough in research, it is a must read for understanding the multiple layers of politics and ideology that inform gender policing in sport."--Kathryn Henne, author of Testing for Athlete Citizenship: Regulating Doping and Sex in Sport

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Book SynopsisThe history of an unnatural disaster—drug overdose—and the emergence of naloxone as a social and technological solution.For years, drug overdose was unmentionable in polite society. OD was understood to be something that took place in dark alleys—an ugly death awaiting social deviants—neither scientifically nor clinically interesting. But over the last several years, overdose prevention has become the unlikely object of a social movement, powered by the miracle drug naloxone. In OD, Nancy Campbell charts the emergence of naloxone as a technological fix for overdose and describes the remaking of overdose into an experience recognized as common, predictable, patterned—and, above all, preventable. Naloxone, which made resuscitation, rescue, and “reversal” after an overdose possible, became a tool for shifting law, policy, clinical medicine, and science toward harm reduction. Liberated from emergency room protocols and distributed in take

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Book SynopsisRenowned addiction expert Stanton Peele offers an unorthodox yet effective method that helps parents combat addiction. This practical guide takes a calming, realistic approach, explaining how to impart the fundamental values that will protect children and prevent experimentation from evolving into dependency.   “Dr. Peele offers a smart, readable, commonsense guide for parents concerned about their children’s drug and alcohol use. Persuasively rebutting the alarmist view advanced by the ‘experts,’ he shows the importance of reinforcing children’s independence, promoting constructive values, and fostering the ability to learn from mistakes. He also shows how to teach youth to recognize the risks in overusing substances and suggests safeguards for the small minority who are at greatest risk for addiction.”—Aaron T. Beck, professor of psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania

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Book SynopsisRecommends ways to close gaps in our understanding - by obtaining the necessary data on drug prices and consumption (quantity in addition to frequency); upgrading federal management of drug statistics; and improving our evaluation of prevention, interdiction, enforcement, and treatment efforts.Table of Contents1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Determinants and Consequences of Drug Use; 5 3 Data Needs for Monitoring Drug Problems; 6 4 Drug Data Organization; 7 5 Supply-Reduction Policy; 8 6 Sanctions against Users of Illegal Drugs; 9 7 Preventing Drug Use; 10 8 Treatment of Drug Users; 11 9 Final Thoughts: Unfinished Business; 12 Appendix A: Characteristics of STRIDE Cocaine Data; 13 Appendix B: Data Sources; 14 Appendix C: Phase I Report Executive Summary; 15 Appendix D: How Do Response Problems Affect Survey Measurement of Trends in Drug Use?; 16 Appendix E: Linking Treatment to Punishment: An Evaluation of Drug Treatment in the Criminal Justice System; 17 Appendix F: Biographical Sketches; 18 Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a candid insight into the lives of individuals who are addicted to heroin and other opiates. The processes of obtaining and using drugs are explored within the wider context of personal biographies and daily routines. Key issues considered include childhood experiences, crime and violence, housing situations, family relationships, prison life, health matters and drug treatments. Drug users' statements are related to policy, service provision, previous research, and theoretical debates in the hope that this might increase understanding and improve future responses to drug problems.Table of ContentsList of Tables Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Opiate Use in Context Explanations of Drug Use Initial Drug Use and Childhood Memories Patterns of Heroin Use Daily Routines and Sources of Income Drug Use, Violence and Anti-Social Behaviour Neighbourhoods and Housing Family and Friends Police Contact and Being Imprisoned Drug Use and Health Drug Services and Treatment Experience into Theory and Practice Appendices References Index

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Book SynopsisThis collection of innovative chapters has been written by cutting edge researchers, and depicts both the breadth of the relationships between stress, trauma, and substance use, as well as the linkages between these phenomena.Table of Contents1. Stress, Trauma, and Substance Use: An Overview 2. An Integrated Sensory-Linguistic Approach for Drug Addiction: A Synthesis of the Literature and New Directions for Treatment Research 3. Young African-American Male Suicide Prevention and Spirituality 4. Acculturative Stress, Violence, and Resilience in the Lives of Mexican-American Youth 5. The Prevalence of HIV Among Substance-Abusing African-American Women: A Qualitative Investigation 6. Factors Associated with Trauma Symptoms among Runaway/Homeless Adolescents 7. ‘I Came to Prison to Do My Time – Not to Get Raped’: Coping Within the Institutional Setting 8. Integrating Research and Practice: A Collaborative Model for Addressing Trauma and Addiction 9. Subthreshold PTSD: A Comparison of Alcohol, Depression, and Health Problems in Canadian Peacekeepers with Different Levels of Traumatic Stress

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Book SynopsisPresents a study of the creation of youth drug culture in Hamburg during the 1960s and 1970s and an exploration of the paradoxes of modernization. Placing Hamburg's drug scene within national and international contexts, this book examines the ways in which mass consumerism created complicated forms of resistance to state power and cultural norms.Trade ReviewGermans on Drugs covers all aspects of the topic: production, distribution, consumption, practices of social agencies, public discourse, and governmental action. The book presents a vast amount of new insight into a subject that has never before been analyzed systematically. This will be an important contribution to the history of the consumer society in the 20th century. - Detlef Siegfried, Faculty of the Humanities, University of Copenhagen

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Book SynopsisCannabis has long been prized for the strong and durable fiber in its stalks, its edible and oil-rich seeds, and the psychoactive and medicinal compounds produced by its female flowers. This book presents an exploration of the natural origins and early evolution of cannabis, highlighting its historic role in the development of human societies.Trade Review"This well-written work will be useful for freshmen through seniors in higher educations. Researchers and teachers will also find it extremely helpful, and it will intrigue even casual readers." -- L Swatzell CHOICE Magazine "A valuable reference." -- Quentin Groom Plant Ecology and Evolution "Sure to entertain any cannabis fan." -- Mitch Earleywine High Times "Clarke and Merlin have crafted a volume in which each chapter can easily stand alone and will be accessible to a wide range of readers." The AAG Review OF BOOKSTable of ContentsIntroduction to the Multipurpose Plant Cannabis In the beginning: Circumstances of early human contact with Cannabis A brief summary of the long and diverse history of relationships between Cannabis and humans What shall we call these plants? Should we praise or condemn this multipurpose plant? What we discuss in this book Chapter 1: Natural Origins and Early Evolution of Cannabis Introduction Basic life cycle of Cannabis Ecological requirements of Cannabis: Sunlight, temperature, water and soil Cannabis origin and evolution studies Central Asia: Vavilov and the origins of Cannabis Cannabis and grapes Theories for South Asian origin of domesticated Cannabis Model for the early evolution of Cannabis Summary and conclusions Chapter 2: Ethnobotanical Origins, Early Cultivation and Evolution through Human Selection Introduction First contacts: Origins of Human-Cannabis relationships Transitions to cultivation and civilization Earliest uses of Cannabis: Useful traits for ancient people Evolution of Cannabis through human selection Disruptive selection Origin from weedy populations Natural hybridization: Introgression vs. isolation Artificial hybridization Atavism Isolation of populations Population size and changes in variability Evolutionary effects of dioecy Effects of human selection on sexual expression for different products - Seeds, fibers, marijuana and hashish Sexual dimorphism and selection Phenotypic changes during domestication - Seeds, fibers and inflorescences Directional evolutionary changes Cannabinoid profile Timing of floral maturation Evolution of cannabinoid phenotypes Geographical distribution of cannabinoid phenotypes North America; Western Europe; Eastern Europe; Central America and the Caribbean; South America; Middle East; East Asia; Indian Subcontinent; Southeast Asia; Equatorial Africa; South and East Africa Summary and conclusions Chapter 3: Cultural Diffusion of Cannabis Introduction Methodology: The multidisciplinary approach Types of archaeobotanical evidence for Cannabis Seeds, fibers, pollen, fiber and seed impressions, other carbonized remains, chemical analysis and phytoliths Written records of Cannabis presence and use Non-human agencies affecting the geographical range of Cannabis Human impact on the dispersal and expanding geographical range of Cannabis Early relationships among humans and Cannabis in Central Asia Fishing and hemp Hemp, humans and horses in Eurasia Scythians and Cannabis Archaeological and historical evidence for the spread of Cannabis Diffusion throughout East Asia Diffusion from northeastern China into Korea and Japan Diffusion into South Asia Archaeobotanical evidence from South Asia Diffusion into Southwest Asia and Egypt Diffusion into Europe and the Mediterranean Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Baltic region, Finland, Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia, Germany, Switzerland, Northern France, Iberian Peninsula, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, British Isles, and the Mediterranean Dispersal phases within and beyond Eurasia Phase One: Primary dispersal across Eurasia -- ca. 10,000 to 2000 BP Phase Two: Spread into Africa and Southeast Asia - ca. 2000 to 500 BP Phase Three: Migration to the New World - 1545 to 1800 Phase Four: Migration to the New World - 1800 to 1945 Phase Five: Migration after the Second World War - 1945 to 1990 Phase Six: Artificial environments and the proliferation of industrial hemp -- 1990 to the present Summary and conclusions: Cannabis' dispersal from an evolutionary point of view Chapter 4: History of Cannabis Use for Fiber Introduction Textile basics Historical and archaeological evidence for Cannabis fiber use in China Hemp in clothing, lacquerware, weapons and ships in ancient China Traditional Korea Contemporary South Korea and North Korea Ancient Japan and hemp Ancient evidence from South Asia, Southwest Asia and Egypt The ancient Mediterranean region Ancient Europe north of the Mediterranean Hemp fiber use spreads to the New World Some aspects of the recent history of hemp Cannabis and paper Advent and early history of papermaking in China Hemp paper in ancient Korea and Japan Dispersal to North Africa and Europe Hemp paper production in North America Summary and conclusions Chapter 5: Food, feed and oil uses of hemp seed Introduction Human food and animal feed uses of hemp seeds Early hemp seed use in China: Neolithic Period through the Han Dynasty Hemp seed oil in ancient China Ancient evidence for traditional production and use beyond China Korea; Japan; South and Southwest Asia; Central and Eastern Europe; Mediterranean and Western European Regions Present-day hemp seed production and use Summary and conclusions Chapter 6: Historical Aspects of Psychoactive Cannabis Use for Ritual and Recreation Introduction Discovery of the euphoriant properties of Cannabis in Eurasia. Central Asia China Taoism and tales of Ma Gu India and Nepal Was Soma Cannabis? South Asian psychoactive Cannabis products Hindu acceptance of ritual bhang use Shiva worship and Cannabis Other occasions on which bhang was used Worship of the bhang plant Mongols and Cannabis Southwest Asia, the Mediterranean, Africa and Europe The advent of Cannabis smoking: Tobacco meets hashish Summary and conclusions Chapter 7: Ethnobotanical history and contemporary context of medicinal Cannabis Introduction Early East Asian medicinal use South and Southeast Asian medical traditions Egyptian medicinal use Cannabis in early Middle Eastern and later Islamic medicine Medicinal use in Africa and South America European medicinal Cannabis Present-day Western medicinal applications of Cannabis Summary and conclusions Chapter 8: Non-psychoactive Ritual Uses of Cannabis Introduction Hempen rituals of major religions -- Shamanic influences survive repression Archaeological remains from ritual contexts -- Central Asia, China and Europe The Hmong -- Spirit travel in healing, life-cycle and funerary rituals China -- Shamanism, Taoism and Confucianism Korea -- Shamanic funerary rites, Confucian mourning and ancestor worship Japan -- Shamanist, Shinto and Buddhist hemp traditions Europe and the Middle East -- Judaeo-Christian hemp rituals Hangings Summary and conclusions Chapter 9: Recent history of Cannabis Breeding Introduction European hemp breeding North American hemp breeding Introduction of NLD Cannabis to North America Breeding history of NLD varieties Introduction of BLD Cannabis Recent trends in Cannabis breeding Summary and conclusions Chapter 10: Classical and molecular taxonomy of Cannabis Introduction One, two or three species? History of Cannabis taxonomy Recent advances in Cannabis taxonomy Genetic and historical model for the evolution of Cannabis biotypes Recent geographical distributions of Cannabis biotypes Europe and the former Soviet Union; China; Central Asia, Afghanistan and Turkestan; India and Nepal; Southeast Asia; Africa and the Middle East; and the New World Summary and conclusions Chapter 11: Hypotheses Concerning the Early Evolution of Cannabis Introduction Prehistoric climate change and plant distribution: Pleistocene and Holocene ranges Early human migrations Plant speciation and colonization: Pleistocene refugia, post-glacial population expansion, and speciation rate Early evolution of Cannabaceae: The hemp and hop family Breeding systems and reproductive strategies as clues to geographical origin: Angiospermy, annuality, anemophily, dioecy and sex determination Reconstruction of a Cannabaceae ancestor Summary and conclusions Chapter 12: Cannabis and Homo sapiens -- Present position and future directions Introduction The long term relationship Summary of Cannabis' evolution Cannabis' influence on the evolution of human culture A case for social benefits from Cannabis' psychoactivity Human influence on Cannabis' evolution Environmental impact of the Human-Cannabis relationship Coevolution of Cannabis and humans: Fresh concepts Present position of the Human-Cannabis relationship Remaining questions and future directions

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Book SynopsisRelapse prevention applies cognitive-behavioural strategies and lifestyle procedures to treat people with addiction problems. Other available literature on relapse prevention tends to be theoretical in nature; this book fulfils the need for a practical manual showing how therapists should carry out this form of treatment. It is based on the actual experience of the authors in using relapse prevention methods and provides working details on the different topics to be covered in each group or individual session. ''Homework'' assignments are also provided and a chapter is devoted to ''trouble shooting'' - how to deal with the potential problems encountered in this type of therapy.Table of ContentsIntroductory overview;. Getting started;. Anxiety;. High-risk situations;. Thinking errors;. Psychological traps;. Assertion;. Decision making and problem solving;. Lifestyle balance;. Depression;. Putting it all together;. Troubleshooting

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Book SynopsisTakes readers into the ritualized world of mainstream American addiction treatment. This book explores the puzzling question: why do addiction counselors dedicate themselves to reconciling drug users' relationship to language in order to reconfigure their relationship to drugs?Trade ReviewWinner of the 2012 Edward Sapir Book Prize, Society for Linguistic Anthropology "[A] fresh and thought-provoking perspective on the interaction between addiction professionals and their clients. [Scripting Addiction] is also a remarkable window onto American personhood in general. It shows in unusually precise terms how this personhood is produced by linguistic interactions that shape the institutions in which they occur."--Lorna Rhodes, Social Service Review "In simplest terms, this book can be read as an ethnographic description of a mandated outpatient drug-treatment program for homeless women. In another sense, it includes a brief history of changing views toward social work in the US since the 1950s. Although not explicitly organized as such, it is also a thoughtful, critical commentary on the rationale, methods, and efficacy of such treatment."--Choice "Summerson Carr's focus on linguistic practices is a refreshing approach to studying welfare, addiction, and therapy, exposing the way language gets nudged around to yield things that resemble palatable truths."--Chantal Butchinsky, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute "The added value of this ethnography lies in its uncovering of the profound impact of ideological assumptions about language and of ideology in language on everyday institutional practices and, ultimately, the everyday lives of clients by providing a detailed account of institutional practices in mainstream American addiction treatment."--Karen Mogendorff, Social Anthropology "There is much to like about this intriguing and subtly argued book. Its human interest and drama, as the story of Rhonda and Louise suggests, is not the least of it. I came away from the detailed scenes of interviews and board meetings impressed with Carr's intelligence and thoughtfulness as an ethnographer. Readers can get a vivid sense of both clients and staff. Best of all is how concrete this study is... Carr's evidence and analysis are clear. She reveals a living language, whose flow she traces from intake interviews, to therapy sessions, to client case meetings, to board rooms."--Stephanie Muravchik, Society "Scripting Addiction screams with many voices that there is no neutral language (Bakhtin, 1984). Therefore, it is a powerful call to better realize what is happening in and through language at sites all around us that carry huge potential to either serve humankind, or cause suffering. It is an important and well-articulated call."--Mark A. Leeman, Discourse StudiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Considering the Politics of Therapeutic Language 1 Chapter One: Identifying Icons and the Policies of Personhood 23 Chapter Two: Taking Them In and Talking It Out 49 Chapter Three: Clinographies of Addiction 85 Chapter Four: Addicted Indexes and Metalinguistic Fixes 121 Chapter Five: Therapeutic Scenes on an Administrative Stage 151 Chapter Six: Flipping the Script 190 Conclusion 224 Notes 239 References 279 Index 317

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Book SynopsisA multi-layered exploration of trauma, grief and addiction that will captivate readers of Notes to Self and Small Things Like TheseTrade Review‘Mc Mahon’s personal story is the unifying strand in a bigger, constantly shifting narrative that explores complex cultural and historical terrain’ Sean O’Hagan, Observer‘Absolutely gripping… in lucid prose that is both direct and lyrical, she burrows through layers of family history and Irish history’ Irish Times'A vivid, evocative and resonant counterpoint of time, memory and meaning' Joseph O'Connor, award-winning author of Shadowplay‘A beautiful memoir’ Ryan Tubridy, RTÉ Radio 1‘A raw, urgent book, its narrative stretched across the year, from Imbolc (the Feast of St Brigid) to Samhain, as it traces love, loss and all else. An extraordinary debut already being likened to Doireann Ni Ghríofa’s A Ghost in the Throat but this is shaped by its own hauntings’ RTÉ'Stunning. A work of great emotional and intellectual heft… Truth and honesty shine out of every line’ Mary Costello, author of Academy Street'Provocative yet dazzling... A mesmerising work threaded with rich veins of history and heart' Sophie White, Irish Independent‘Beautiful, compelling, thought-provoking… An uncompromising reflection on what it means to be of Irish heritage today, whether at home or abroad’ Tara Flynn‘Painfully familiar in its account of family loss and trauma in the urban working class, and personal enough never to feel like a survey or aerial view of Irish women’s history. Sensitively written and quietly devastating, it’s the book I had been waiting for’ Niamh Campbell, award-winning author of This Happy'In Ordinary Time is the best kind of memoir, a braid of the personal and political, the spiritual and global' Cameron Dezen Hammon, award-winning author of This is My Body'Magnificent... Spare, pristine, bracing – a marvellous book' Carlo Gébler, author of Confessions of a Catastrophist'Quietly addictive, deeply moving and enlightening' Priscilla Morris, author of Black Butterflies‘A beautifully-written memoir. It’s a deeply personal, largely confessional work, in which McMahon ties together strands of her life in New York and Ireland with elements from mythology and history, particularly the often horrific history of Irish women. Anyone who has ever emigrated from Ireland will recognise her compelling descriptions of separation from family and land, the freedom that emigration offers – and the enormous loss’ Jaki McCarrick, author of Belfast Girls‘We can move consciously towards healing. And we can begin by talking. In Ordinary Time is that conviction in action... a must read’ Olivia Cole‘The peace I discovered reading In Ordinary Time came from the reminder that the cycles we’re all in can be broken, and they can also be repaired’ Maeve Higgins, Irish Examiner‘The fragments of her New York life seem carefree alongside the shocking events endured by her family in this beautifully crafted memoir which left me wanting more’ The Gloss Magazine'Carmel's book is so intelligent, yet so accessible' Grace Bailey, host of San Clemente podcast

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Book SynopsisKate Gunn was a social drinker, usually having a few drinks about three nights a week. But she had an inkling that alcohol was holding her back from getting on top of her life, and the hangovers were getting worse.So, when Kate's partner had to take a break from alcohol for a month, in solidarity with him, she decided to dip her toes in the water and try being a non-drinker too. Not long into her transformational journey, Kate discovered that breaking free from alcohol improved every single aspect of her life: from relationships to health to work to happiness. By giving up one thing, she gained so much more.In The Accidental Soberista, Kate chronicles the challenges and obstacles on the path to giving herself the greatest gift she has ever received freedom from alcohol. Whether you're sober-curious or want to remove the final obstacle in the way of your own health and life goals, this could be just the journey for you too.

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Book SynopsisDiscover for yourself the principles behind the Twelve Steps as they occur in Scripture through this best-selling New Testament. As you read and meditate on Serenity you will begin to see how the God of the Bible speaks directly to your needs.

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Book SynopsisAutobiography of Brian Wilson, of the Beach Boys fame including fame, addiction and frank revelations

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Book SynopsisGlobalization and attendant modernization has increased both the supply and the demand for drugs around the world. Drug abuse is no longer the concern of only the developed world. Countries without histories of drug use, particularly developing countries, are now reporting problems of abuse because they have become transit points for international drug trafficking. Because the problem is now worldwide, a global strategy is needed for identifying, analyzing and developing strategies to deal with drug abuse and the associated problems for health and safety. This volume reviews the international status of drug abuse. Specific topics covered include drug abuse in the developing world, emerging drugs and poly drug use; gateway drugs, cultural views of drug use and state of the art methodologies employed in research on drug abuse.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Drug Abuse in the Developing World: Reawakening the dragon: changing patterns of opiate use in Asia, with particular emphasis on China's Yunnan Province, Clyde B. McCoy, H. Virginia McCoy, Shenghan Lai, Zhinuan Yu, Xue-ren Wang and Jie Meng; Factors associated with recent-onset injection drug use among drug users in Pakistan, Irene Kuo, Salman Ul-Hasan, Tariq Zafar, Noya Galai, Susan G. Sherman and Steffanie A. Strathdee; Review of injection drug use in 6 African countries: Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania, Sarah Dewing, Andreas Plüddemann, Bronwyn J. Myers and Charles D.H. Parry; Substance abuse among Czech adolescents: an overview of trends in the international context, Ladislav Csemy, Pavla Lejèková and Petr Sadílek; Trends in production, trafficking, and consumption of methamphetamine and cocaine in Mexico, Kimberley C. Brouwer, Patricia Case, Rebeca Ramos, Carlos Magis-Rodríguez, Jesus Bucardo, Thomas L. Patterson and Steffanie A. Strathdee; Ecstasy use in South Africa: findings from the South African community epidemiology network on drug use (SACENDU) project (January 1997-December 2001), Andreas Plüddemann, Charles D.H. Parry, Bronwyn Myers and Arvin Bhana; Household survey on drug abuse in Brazil: study involving 107 major cities of the country - 2001, José Carlos F. Galduróz, Ana Regina Noto, Solange A. Nappo and E.A. Carlini. Part II The Emergence of New Drugs and Poly Drug Use: The prevalence of methamphetamine and amphetamine abuse in North America: a review of the indicators, 1992-2007, Jane Carlisle Maxwell and Beth A. Rutkowski; Concurrent use of methamphetamine, MDMA, LSD, ketamine, GHB and flunitrazepam among American youths, Li-Tzy Wu, William E. Schlenger and Deborah M. Galvin; Towards an explanation of subjective ketamine experiences among young injection drug users, Stephen E. Lankenau, Bill Sanders, Jennifer Jackson Bloom and Dodi Hathazi; Illicit opioid use and its key

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Book SynopsisEver since the Shanghai convention in 1909, the threat posed to human well-being by drug abuse has led countries around the world to take action to deal with their drug problems. There are wide variations in the policies pursued, but most countries try to reduce both the supply of and the demand for drugs. Unfortunately, there is little research consensus on the respective merits of these two approaches or about the best ways to pursue them. Consequently, control and prevention policies are mostly driven by political considerations, economic realities and cultural expectations, though research has played an important part in formulating and evaluating treatments for drug addiction. This volume reviews studies on drug abuse prevention and treatment strategies under five main areas: 1. Reducing supply - strategies to control the flow of drugs from production to retail distribution; 2. Reducing demand - prevention of drug use at all stages of involvement and consumption levels; 3. ReduTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Reducing Supply: Evaluating explanations of the Australian 'heroin shortage', Loisa Degenhardt, Peter Reuter, Linette Collins and Wayne Hall; Changes in Canadian heroin supply coinciding with the Australian heroin shortage, Evan Wood, Jo-Anne Stoltz, Kathy Li, Julio Montaner and Thomas Kerr; Strategies to avoid arrest: crack sellers' response to intensified policing, Bruce D. Johnson and Mangai Natarajan; A spatial analysis of green teams: a tactical response to marijuana production in British Columbia, Aili E. Malm and George E. Tita; Police officers on drug corners in Philadelphia: drug crime, and violent crime: intended, diffusion, and displacement impacts, Brian A. Lawton, Ralph B. Taylor and Anthony J. Luongo; The multilateralization of policing: the case of illicit synthetic drug control, Adrian Cherney, Juani O'Reilly and Peter Grabosky. Part II Reducing Demand: Reports of substance abuse prevention programming available in schools, Zili Sloboda, Amod Pyakuryal, Peggy C. Stephens, Brent Teasdale, David Forrest, Richard C. Stephens and Scott F. Grey; Promoting science-based prevention in communities, J. David Hawkins, Richard F. Catalano and Michael W. Arthur; Faith-based prevention model: a rural African-American case study, Adam E. Barry, Mary S. Sutherland and Gregory J. Harris; Assessing the effects of school based drug-education: a 6-year multilevel analysis of Project DARE, Dennis P. Rosenbaum and Gordon S. Hanson; Effectiveness of community-based outreach in preventing HIV/AIDS among injecting drug users, Richard H. Needle, Dave Burrows, Samuel R. Friedman, Jimmy Dorabjee, Graziele Touzé, Larissa Badrieva; Jean-Paul Grund, Munirathinam Suresh Kumar, Luciano Nigro, Greg Manning and Carl Latkin; Evaluation of a media campaign aimed at preventing initiation into drug injection among street youth, Élise Roy, Véronique Denis, Natalia Gutiérrez, Nancy Haley, Carole Morissette and Jean-François Boudreau. Part III Reducing the Harms or Risks Associated with Drug Abuse: HIV incidence among injection drug users in New York City, 1990 to 2002: use of serologic test algorithm to assess expansion of HIV prevention services, Don C. Des Jarlais, Theresa Perlis, Kamyar Arasteh, Lucia V. Torian, Sara Beatrice, Judith Milliken, Donna Mildvan, Stanley Yancovitz and Samuel R. Friedman; Patterns of HIV prevalence and HIV risk behaviors among injection drug users prior to and 24 months following implementation of cross-border HIV prevention interventions in Northern Vietnam and Southern China, Theodore M. Hammett, Ryan Kling, Patrick Johnston, Wei Liu, Doan Ngu, Patricia Friedmann, Kieu Thanh Binh, Ha Viet Dong, Ly Kieu Van, Meng Donghua, Yi Chen and Don C. Des Jarlais; Full participation in harm reduction programmes is associated with decreased risk for human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus: evidence from Amsterdam cohort studies among drug users, Charlotte van den Berg, Colette Smit, Giel van Brussel, Roel Coutinho and Maria Prins; Characteristics of young illicit drug injectors who use North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility, Jo-Anne M. Stoltz, Evan Wood, Cari Miller, Will Small, Kathy Li, Mark Tyndall, Julio Montaner and Thomas Kerr; Incidence of heroin use in Zurich, Switzerland: a treatment case register analysis, Carlos Nordt and Rudolf Stohler; Substance use and quality of life over 12 months among buprenorphine maintenance-treated and methadone maintenance-treated heroin-addicted patients, Icro Maremmani, Pier Paolo Pani, Matteo Pacini and Giulio Perugi. Part IV Reducing Addiction through Treatment and Rehabilitation: The effectiveness of drug abuse treatment: a meta-analysis of comparison group studies, Michael L. Prendergast, Deborah Podus, Eunice Chang and Darren Urada; Different needs: women's drug use and treatment in the UK, Mark Simpson and Julie McNulty; Assessing sex differences on treatment effectiveness from the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (DATOS), Suddhasatta Acharyya and Heping Zhang; Behavioral treatment approaches for methamphetamine dependence and HIV-related sexual risk behaviors among urban gay and bisexual men, Steven Shoptaw, Cathy J. Reback, James A. Peck, Xiaowei Yang, Erin Rotheram-Fuller, Sherry Larkins, Rosemary C. Veniegas, Thomas E. Freese and Christopher Hucks-Ortiz; Drug user treatment within a criminal justice context, Mike Hough; Substance use, drug treatment and crime: an examination of intra-individual variation in a drug court population, Denise C. Gottfredson, Brook W. Kearley and Shawn D. Bushway. Part V Drug Policy and Prescriptions: To legalize or not to legalize? Economic approaches to the decriminalization of drugs, Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen; The economics of drug prohibition and drug legalization, Jeffrey A. Miron; Drug policy developments within the European Union: the destabilizing effects of Dutch and Swedish drug policies, Caroline Chatwin; Interpreting Dutch cannabis policy: reaso

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Book SynopsisDo criminal cultures generate drug use? Crime, Drugs and Social Theory critiques conventional academic and policy thinking concerning the relationship between urban deprivation, crime and drug use. Chris Allen outlines an innovative constructionist phenomenological perspective to explore these relationships in a new light. He discusses how people living in deprived urban areas develop ânatural attitudesâ towards activities, such as crime and drug use, that are prevalent in the social worlds they inhabit, and shows that this produces forms of articulation such as âI donât know why I take drugsâ, âI just take themâ and âdrugs come naturally to meâ. He then draws on his constructionist phenomenology to help understand the ânatural attitudeâ towards crime and drugs that emerge from conditions of urban deprivation, as well as the non-reasoned forms of articulation that emerge from this attitude. The book argues that understanding the conditions in which drug users deviate from their ânatural attitudeâ can help effective intervention in the lives of drug users.Trade Review’This is a fine book, which demonstrably contests the main theses of the key players in the "drugs debate. The dominant policy and academic theses, whilst different, are both, according to the author, misplaced, as they fail to appreciate the habitus of the user themselves. In particular, the author’s critique of the academic community research into this area as being located within the discipline rather than the everyday lives of the users themselves is powerful.’ Dave Cowan, University of Bristol, UK ’This is a very important and extremely well constructed study. Chris Allen utilises a thorough investigation of the field and in-depth interviews with some of the UK’s most vulnerable citizens to identify the complex and nuanced factors influencing drug use and crime in the UK. In giving a voice to subjects often silenced or assumed in contemporary debates, this book presents a powerful indictment of both current policy and academic investigation, and provides an epistemology that offers a more constructive way forward in addressing the causal factors and manifestations of social exclusion.’ John Flint, CRESR, Sheffield Hallam University, UK ’Crime, Drugs and Social Theory is a challenging and thought-provoking addition to the literature...[Allen’s] analysis of the different relationship that people have with recreational and problematic drug use is particularly interesting, as is his focus on the role that disturbing episodes and encounters play in the genesis of problematic drug and violent acquisitive crime.’ British Journal of Criminology ’This is a delightful attempt to dramatically extend the frame of reference of the drugs/crime debate by providing a holistic perspective to problematic drug use and recreational crime.’ Drugs and Alcohol Today 'I would see this text as a general and challenging starting point for understanding drug use. For those already working in the field, it would be a useful resource on the sociology behind druTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: on the question of being and crime; Crime, drugs and social research; Crime, drugs and social theory; Being and crime (and drugs); 'Natural attitudes' towards recreational crime and drugs; Becoming a problematic drug user; Criminological consequences of 'becoming' a problematic drug user; Confrontations with the 'soiled self'; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisProdependence revolutionized addiction healthcare by improving the ways we treat loved ones of addicts and other troubled people by offering them more dignity for their suffering rather than blame for the problem. This revised edition builds on the model, revealing many more ways to put the method into practice and strategies for setting healthy boundaries. Do you love an addict? Do you sometimes feel like their addiction is your fault? Are people calling you codependent? If our treatment toward loved ones of addicts alienates them, it's time we change our approach.With Prodependence, Dr. Robert Weiss offers us the first fully new paradigm in nearly 40 years for helping those who love and care for addicts. An attachment-focused model, prodependence recognizes that no one can ever love too much, nor should anyone be pathologized for whomever they choose to love as is often the case. Prodependence informs c

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Book SynopsisUse this important intervention to improve your practice with substance-using youths and their families!This vital book gives you a detailed review of a National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded, long-term clinical trial of the Family Empowerment Intervention (FEI). The subjects are youths who have been arrested and processed at the Hillsborough County Juvenile Assessment Center and their families. With information on the conceptual foundations and clinical practices of the intervention and an examination of its one-year and longer-term impact on these youths’ recidivism and psychosocial functioning, Family Empowerment Intervention: An Innovative Service for High-Risk Youth and Their Families will help you provide better services to these difficult-to-serve clients.Bringing you up-to-date on all aspects of this unique intervention, this book: examines the pressing need for this kind of intervention gives you an essential overview of the FEI deTable of Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Chapter 1. The Need for Effective, Cost-Efficient Intervention Services for High-Risk Youths Strengths and Limitations of Case Management and Referral Services A Study of Preliminary Screening The Importance of Family Interventions with an Ecological Focus Criteria for Evaluating Intervention Programs Organization of Report Chapter 2. Overview of Family Empowerment Intervention Theoretical Foundations Goals Structural Intervention Strategies Phases of the Intervention Categories of Families Served by the FEI Involving Families and Moving Them Through the FEI to Graduation The Field Consultants Roles and Responsibilities of Key Supervisory Personnel Clinical Policies Ensuring the Integrity of Intervention Services Implementing the FEI Chapter 3. Youths and Families Involved in the Youth Support Project Setting for the YSP Selecting Youths and Families for Enrollment in the YSP Data-Collection Procedures Characteristics of Youths at Baseline Interview Summary Chapter 4. Impact of the Family Empowerment Intervention on Crime Case Type Official Record Outcomes Self-Reported Delinquency Influence of Change in Project’s Clinical Leadership on Outcomes Chapter 5. Impact of the Family Empowerment Intervention on Alcohol and Other Drug Use Short-Term Impact on Alcohol/Other Drug Use Long-Term Impact on Alcohol/Other Drug Use Influence of Change in Project’s Clinical Leadership on Outcomes Chapter 6. Impact of the Family Empowerment Intervention on Emotional/Psychological Functioning Short-Term Impact on Emotional/Psychological Functioning Long-Term Impact on Emotional Psychological Functioning Influence of Change in Project’s Clinical Leadership on Outcomes Summary of Findings Chapter 7. Conclusions and Directions for the Future Short-Term Impact of the FEI Long-Term Impact of the FEI Could Project Referrals to Services Account for Its Impact, Not the FEI? Cost-Saving Benefits of the FEI How Could the FEI Be Improved? Next Steps Appendix A. Time 1 Summary Measures for Six Sets of Major Variables Appendix B. Parent-Adolescent Communication (Adolescent and Mother Form) Appendix C. Publications Resulting from the Youth Support Project and Family Empowerment Intervention Appendix D. Percentage of ESI Youths, FEI Noncompleters, and FEI Completers Who Reported Receiving Various Services During the Second Follow-Up Period Appendix E. Percentage of ESI Youths, FEI Noncompleters, and FEI Completers Who Reported Receiving Various Services During the Third Follow-Up Period References Index Reference Notes Included

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