The Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic: Incidence, Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

by Ty S Schepis

This overview of prescription drug abuse includes historical background, key concepts, and discussion of the prevalence of drug abuse, treatments, and policy issues implicated in ending the epidemic.

Prescription opioid medication abuse has been declared a national crisis by experts in medicine, substance use, public health, and pain management, culminating in a declaration made by the President of the United States that opioid misuse...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1440852642
• ISBN13: 9781440852640
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 17 years