This work on living with drugs deals with their effects, the social context, how they may be seen as "chemical comforts", their intersection with alcohol and tobacco, and the effects of cannabis use. Other topics covered include the hallucinogens, archetypal drugs of abuse, and "junkie" myths.
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Professor Gossop is a leading addictions researcher in the National Addiction Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, and Head of Research in the Addictions Directorate at the Maudsley Hospital in London. In 1998 he was presented with the European Addiction Research Award for 'outstanding contributions to the advancement of addiction research'. He is the founding editor of Addictions Abstracts, and has published more than 400 articles on addictions, including 9 books.
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A penetrating study of drug use and social stigma,
By H-J.Wallin.Weihe@hil.no (Lillehammer, Norway) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Living With Drugs (Paperback)
The famous British researcher Michael Gossop has written a peneatring and thought provoking book about drugs and the social and legal reaction to use of drugs. The book is divided in 12 chapters covering a vide range of subjects. Living with drugs is, in the authors opionion, a book about how drug taking in one form another is with us to stay. Even if giving a social science analysis of the role of drugs in our societies, the author is also rather practical and down to earth in his description of different drugs and their effects. The book is not updated on the newest research on new drugs, however it gives a good overview of the most common drugs used. Myself responsible for educating social- and health workers I found it a most helpful introduction to the problems af drug use.
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