The Real Drug Abusers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leavitt, Fred.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug abuse--United States.

Drug abuse.

Drug utilization--United States.

Medication errors--United States.

Medication errors.

Pharmaceutical industry--United States.

Pharmaceutical policy--United States.

Local Subjects:

Drug abuse--United States.

Drug abuse.

Drug utilization--United States.

Medication errors--United States.

Medication errors.

Pharmaceutical industry--United States.

Pharmaceutical policy--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004.

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:

Title page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; 1 A Significant Portion of Medical Research Cannot Be Trusted; 2 Drug Companies Place Profits over Progress; 3 Medical Personnel Prescribe Incorrectly Too Often; 4 Human Subjects Have Often Been Treated Inhumanely; 5 U.S. Citizens Are Overmedicated with Psychiatric Drugs; 6 There Are Effective Alternatives to Psychiatric Drugs; 7 Widely Believed Misperceptions about Drug Addiction Do Great Harm; 8 Most Citizens Are Harmed Rather than Helped by the Drug Wars; 9 Many Drugs Are Dangerous

10 Extensive Marketing of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Caffeine Causes Great Harm11 Many Individuals and Organizations Benefit from the Drug Wars; 12 Popular Programs for Combating Drug Abuse Are Unsuccessful, While Effective Programs Are Underused; 13 How Drugs Work; 14 Classification of Psychoactive Drugs; 15 Variability; Epilogue; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-34450-6

0-585-46674-2

OCLC:

854520974