Addiction Treatment: Science and Policy for the Twenty-First Century

Book Overview

2008 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine

Addiction to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs is one of the major public health issues of our time. In the United States, one in five deaths is the result of addictive drug use. This innovative book critically examines drug addiction treatment in the United States. It explores specific challenges (scientific, medical, social, and legal) to reaching the goal that treatment for drug addiction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801886694
• ISBN13: 9780801886690
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

great book

This book covered much ground for no bigger than it is. The chapters are relatively short, but good summaries. A variety of perspectives are contained, and I particularly liked the artwork of addicts in recovery. The introduction by C. Everett Koop is worth the purchase price alone.

a remarkable book

a truly all encompassing compilation of many leaders in the field of addictions. this book examines a number of critically important issues that is very thought provoking. it considers a number of controversial topics and presents a diversity of points of view. an excellent book.