Chemical dependency :  opposing viewpoints /  [print] 
Carol Wekesser, book editor. 
 - San Diego :  Greenhaven Press,  (c)1997. 
 - 192 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/> Heroin use is a serious problem  The problem of heroin use is exaggerated  Alcohol abuse is a serious problem  Alcohol can be beneficial  Marijuana is harmful  Marijuana is not harmful  Chemical dependency is a disease  Biological factors contribute to chemical dependency  Cultural factors contribute to chemical dependency  Curiosity leads teenagers into chemical dependency  The media's glamorization of drug and alcohol use contributes to chemical dependency  Acupuncture can help treat chemical dependency  Biofeedback can help treat chemical dependency  Religion can help treat chemical dependency  Methadone can help treat heroin addiction  A variety of approaches can be used to treat chemical dependency  Interventions can help alcoholics  Alcoholics Anonymous can help teenage alcoholics  The principles of moderate drinking can help problem drinkers  Drugs should be legalized  Drugs should not be legalized  Federal drug laws are racist  Federal drug laws are not racist  The U.S. should pressure Colombia to strengthen its antidrug efforts  Colombia is already committed to fighting drugs  The U.S. should copy Holland's drug policies  The U.S. should not copy Holland's drug policies  John Leland  --  Stanton Peele  --  Anna Quindlen  --  Dwight Heath  --  Michael Quintanilla  --  Lester Grinspoon ... [and others]  --  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  --  Joann Ellison Rodgers  --  Mona Charen  --  Roy DeLaMar  --  Mindszenty Report  --  Ellinor R. Mitchell  --  Jim Robbins  --  Larry Witham  --  Adam Yarmolinsky and Constance M. Pechura  --  Joann Ellison Rodgers  --  Jane E. Brody  --  Beth Baker  --  Audrey Kishline  --  William London  --  Donna E. Shalala  --  Revolutionary Worker  --  Christopher Rapp  --  John P. Sweeney  --  Ernesto Samper  --  Georgie Ann Geyer  --  Lee P. Brown. 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96048030 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Drug abuse--United States.<br/>Alcoholism--United States.<br/>Drug abuse--Prevention.--United States<br/>Alcoholism--Prevention.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV5825.W437.C446 1997