Substance use and abuse / [editor, Tina Schwartzenberger]. - New York : Weigl Publishers, c2007. - 56 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 26 cm. - Understanding global issues .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Why people take drugs -- The social history of drugs -- Medicinal drugs -- Accepted social drugs -- Illicit social drugs -- Mapping problem drugs -- Charting drug use and abuse -- Drugs and crime -- Controlling drugs -- Dictionary of drugs -- Time line of events.

ISBN: 1590362322 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 1590365062 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2004007072

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Drug abuse.
Substance abuse.
Drugs of abuse.

LC Class. No.: HV5809.5 / .S87 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 362.29