The Cocaine Crisis (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Allen, David F.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Proceedings of a conference of experts on cocaine addiction, this early volume documents the devastating effects of crack, then a new cocaine preparation, and its extraordinary addicting properties. The Bahamian experience with crack provided an early warning about the extreme personal and social dangers of this drug .

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer New York
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461318378
• Artikelnr.: 44052849

Inhaltsangabe

Introductory Chapters.- History of Cocaine.- Modes of Use, Precursors, and Indicators of Cocaine Abuse.- The Implications of Crack.- The Consumer Society: The American Experience.- Cocaine: The American Experience.- Cocaine: Drug Epidemic of the '80's.- The Self-Medication Hypothesis of Addictive Disorders: Focus on Heroin and Cocaine Dependence.- Psychotherapy for Cocaine Abusers.- Public Health Approaches to the Cocaine Problem: Lessons From The Bahamas.- The Trans-Shipment Societies: The Caribbean Experience.- The Bahamas and Drug Abuse.- Epidemic Freebase Cocaine Abuse: A Case Study From The Bahamas.- Drug Abuse 1975-1985: Clinical Perspectives of the Bahamian Experience of Illegal Substances.- Cocaine Psychosis.- Cocaine and the Bahamian Woman: Treatment Issues.- Treatment Approaches to Cocaine Abuse and Dependency in The Bahamas.- Cocaine Update.- The Producer Societies: The South American Experience.- Somatic Disorders Associated with the Abuse of Coca Paste and Cocaine Hydrochloride.- Coca Paste Effects in Bolivia.- Cocaine and Basuco: An Overview of Colombia, 1985.- Working Towards the Future: A Challenge for Change.- Cocaine Addiction: A Socio-Ethical Perspective.- Epilogue: A Vision of Hope.- About the Editor.- Contributors.

Rezensionen

`Excellent professional survey of crack and cocaine addiction'
Joseph Schulman (Oxford, MD USA), September 11, 1997