Drug use and abuse / editor Kaye Healey.
Drug use and abuse / editor Kaye Healey.
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Publisher
Balmain, N.S.W. : Spinney Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
Call Numbers
NQ613.8/21 , NQ362.290994/39
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
44 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Contents
Chapter 1. The War on Drugs: Drugs in Australia; Illicit drugs: a $400 billion industry; Push for tougher drug penalties; The drug war: an exercise in futility; When every path is littered with problems; No quick fix for drug epidemic; Tribulations of a drug dealer's mother; Just say zero: the $87m...
Publication information
Publisher
Balmain, N.S.W. : Spinney Press, 1998.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
1998.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Drug use and abuse
- Social conditions
- Law reform
- Treatment
- Rehabilitation services
- Federal issue
- Harm reduction
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Scope and Contents
Summary
What are the effects & risks involved in using drugs such as amphetamines, ecstasy & cocaine? The heroin debate - how should addiction be treated - as a health, legal & economic issue? What are the arguments for & against controlled, legalised heroin trials & 'shooting galleries'? Is current drug education effective?
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Full title
Drug use and abuse / editor Kaye Healey.
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Notes
General note
Issues in society ; v. 94.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p.42.
Audience note
Secondary and tertiary students.
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Call Numbers
NQ613.8/21 , NQ362.290994/39
Record Identifier
74VM4wp5RoyM
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM4wp5RoyM
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ISBN
187681103X
DDC
362.290994
MMS ID
991001293049702626
