The Opioid Crisis: A Reference Handbook

by David E. Newton

Book Overview

A comprehensive overview of opioid use throughout human history, current problems surrounding opioid abuse, and suggested approaches to solving these problems.

Dependence on opioids has grown into an epidemic, its effects felt globally and most of all in the United States. The Opioid Crisis: A Reference Handbook provides a detailed and accurate history of opioid use, helping readers to understand how the crisis developed, as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1440864357
• ISBN13: 9781440864353
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"