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The Truth About Drugs (Paperback)

by Patrick Dixon (Author)

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Paperback: 279 pages
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (17 Sep 1998)
Language English
ISBN-10: 034066505X
ISBN-13: 978-0340665053
Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.3 x 1.9 cm
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This text looks at drug abuse, with such topics as: why people use drugs; pro-cannabis versus anti-tobacco campaigns; how drugs impact the brain; the role of genes and personality; why governments are scared of prevention; and legalisation - disaster or the only way forward?

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In depth analysis of the drugs problem and how to tackle it
Illegal drugs are now 8% of all international trade. 1.75 million pupils in British schools have taken them and 1% of all those leaving US high schools have tried heroin in the last year. What's the answer?

This book is a fast-moving, well researched practical guide to drug and alcohol addiction, the costs to society, prevention and treatment. What can governments, companies, schools, parents and indidividuals do? Latest research on long term effects of cannabis and other drugs. Latest news on workplace random drug testing - why it works.

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