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Real Drug Abusers » (1st Edition)

Authors: Fred Leavitt
ISBN-13: 9780742525184, ISBN-10: 074252518X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: January 2003
Edition: 1st Edition

This eye-opening book richly documents disturbing trends in Western medicine and urges readers toward a broader understanding of drug use and abuse.

	Introduction	1
Pt. I	The Pharmaceutical/Medical Complex
1	A Significant Portion of Medical Research Cannot Be Trusted	10
2	Drug Companies Place Profits over Progress	37
3	Medical Personnel Prescribe Incorrectly Too Often	61
4	Human Subjects Have Often Been Treated Inhumanely	77
Pt. II	Drugs in Psychiatry
5	U.S. Citizens Are Overmedicated with Psychiatric Drugs	87
6	There Are Effective Alternatives to Psychiatric Drugs	111
Pt. III	The Wars on Drugs
7	Widely Believed Misperceptions about Drug Addictions Do Great Harm	135
8	Most Citizens Are Harmed Rather than Helped by the Drug Wars	145
9	Many Drugs Are Dangerous	175
10	Extensive Marketing of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Caffeine Causes Great Harm	185
11	Many Individuals and Organizations Benefit from the Drug Wars	195
12	Popular Programs for Combating Drug Abuse are Unsuccessful, While Effective Programs are Underused	209
Pt. IV	Appendix: A Brief Introduction to Pharmacology
13	How Drugs Work	225
14	Classification of Psychoactive Drugs	235
15	Variability	244
	Epilogue	261
	Index	267
	About the Author	275