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The real drug abusers / Fred Leavitt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leavitt, Fred.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drug utilization--United States.
- Drug utilization.
- Medication errors.
- United States.
- Pharmaceutical policy--United States.
- Pharmaceutical policy.
- Medication errors--United States.
- Pharmaceutical industry--United States.
- Pharmaceutical industry.
- Drug abuse--United States.
- Drug abuse.
- Pharmaceutical Preparations--supply & distribution.
- Drug Industry--economics.
- Medication Errors--adverse effects.
- Substance-Related Disorders--prevention & control.
- Medical Subjects:
- Pharmaceutical Preparations--supply & distribution.
- United States.
- Drug Industry--economics.
- Medication Errors--adverse effects.
- Substance-Related Disorders--prevention & control.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 275 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2003]
- Summary:
- This eye-opening book richly documents disturbing trends in Western medicine and urges readers toward a broader understanding of drug use and abuse.
- Contents:
- The pharmaceutical/medical complex: A significant portion of medical research cannot be trusted
- Drug companies too often place profits over progress
- Medical personnel prescribe incorrectly too often
- Human subjects have often been treated inhumanely
- Drugs in psychiatry: U.S. citizens are overmedicated with psychiatric drugs, which are considerably less successful than advocates claim
- There are many effective alternatives to psychiatric drugs
- The wars on drugs: widely believed but incorrect notions about drug addiction do great harm
- Most citizens are harmed rather than helped by the drug wars
- Many drugs are dangerous
- Extensive marketing of three legal drugs (alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine) causes great harm, especially to children
- Many individuals and organizations benefit from the drug wars
- Popular prevention and treatment programs for drug abuse have poor success rates, while effective (and much less expensive programs) are underused
- Appendix: Introduction to pharmacology
- How drugs work
- Classification of psychoactive drugs
- Variability.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0742525171
- 074252518X
- OCLC:
- 51216484
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