Hanson, Glen R. <br/><br/>
Drugs and society / 
Glen R. Hanson, PhD, DDS, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Associate Dean, School of Dentistry, Director, Utah Addiction Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, Senior Advisor, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, Peter J. Venturelli, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana, Board Member, Baldwin Research Institute, Annette E. Fleckenstein, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. 
 - Twelfth edition. 
 - Burlington, MA :  Jones & Bartlett Learning,  [2015], c2015. 
 - xxi, 663 pages :  illustrations (chiefly color) ;  28 cm  + access code to online course materials 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction to drugs and society -- Explaining drug use and abuse -- Drug use, regulation, and the law -- Homeostatic systems and drugs -- How and why drugs work -- CNS depressants : sedative-hypnotics -- Alcohol : pharmacological effects -- Alcohol : behavioral effects -- Narcotics (opioids) -- Stimulants -- Tobacco -- Hallucinogens (psychedelics) -- Marijuana -- Inhalants -- Over-the-counter, prescription, and herbal drugs -- Drug use in subcultures of special populations -- Drug abuse prevention -- Treating drug dependence. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781449689865 (pbk. + access code)  9781284036374 (pbk. + access code) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013035515 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Substance--Related disorders
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RM301  / H19 2015