Identifying and Responding to New Forms of Drug Abuse

Lessons Learned from "crack" and "ice"

• Author(s): Marcia R. Chaiken,
• Publisher: DIANE Publishing
• Pages: 62
• ISBN_10: 0788113038
  ISBN_13: 9780788113031
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Psychology / Psychopathology / Addiction ,

Description:... Written to help local policymakers and criminal justice and health officials respond to potential drug epidemics by recognizing the early signs of an incipient epidemic and taking appropriate action to counter them. Includes sections on stages, signs and symptoms development of drug use patterns, official responses to emerging patterns of drug use, and suggested practices for identifying and responding to specific forms of drug use in local areas. Bibliography. Appendix contains contacts for further information. Figures.