Prescription Drug Abuse: A Reference Handbook

by David E. Newton

Book Overview

This outstanding resource guide for students and young adults provides an introduction to the history of prescription drug abuse that explains how this problem has arisen and examines the social, political, economic, and health issues associated with prescription drug abuse in modern society.

Evidence suggests that both adults and youth are abusing a wider range of prescription drugs and abusing them more frequently than has been...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1440839786
• ISBN13: 9781440839788
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"