Drug abuse /  [print] 
Roman Espejo, book editor. 
 - San Diego, California :  Greenhaven Press,  (c)2002. 
 - 174 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
 - Current controversies .
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<br/><br/> Drug addiction is a disease  Drug addiction is not a disease  Marijuana is a gateway drug  Marijuana use does not lead to harder drugs  The media may encourage drug abuse  The media's role in encouraging drug abuse is exaggerated  Adolescents and illicit drug use  Club drugs are harming more youths  Heroin use has increased  Hallucinogens are harmful  Playing with painkillers  Drug abuse among youths has not increased  There is no adolescent heroin crisis  There is no prescription drug abuse crisis  Drug addiction treatment is effective  Methadone treatment is an effective treatment for heroin addiction  Antidrug media campaigns reduce drug abuse  Needle-exchange programs reduce the harms of intravenous drug use  The effectiveness of drug treatment has not been proven  The DARE program has not been effective  Antidrug media campaigns should be reevaluated  Needle-exchange programs do not reduce the harms of intravenous drug use  Drug use should be legalized  Marijuana should be legalized  Drug use should be an individual choice  Legalizing drugs would not cause an increase in drug use  Harm reduction reduces the risks of drug use  Drug use should not be legalized  Marijuana should not be legalized  Harm reduction does not reduce the risks of drug use  The War on Drugs must  Alan I. Leshner  --  Sally L. Satel  --  Joseph A. Califano Jr.  --  Institute of Medicine  --  Barry R. McCaffrey  --  Jacob Sullum  --  Ann B. Bruner, Marc Fishman  --  Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse  --  Evelyn Nieves  --  Kathiann M. Kowalski  --  Claudia Kalb ... [and others]  --  Civic Research Institute  --  Mike Males  --  Tom Shales  --  Alan I. Leshner  --  James Cooper  --  Lloyd D. Johnston  --  Jon Fuller  --  Fred Reed  --  Ryan H. Sager  --  S. Shyam Sundar  --  James L. Curtis  --  Gary E. Johnson  --  R. Keith Stroup  --  Thomas Szasz  --  Dan Gardner  --  Herbert P. Barnard  --  Donnie Marshall  --  Bob Barr  --  Barry R. McCaffrey  -- be continued  Gustavo Gonzales-Baez. 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001050286 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Drug abuse--Treatment.<br/>Drugs--Law and legislation.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV5801.E77.D784 2002 HV5801