| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 275 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The pharmaceutical/medical complex: A significant portion of medical research cannot be trusted -- Drug companies too often place profits over progress -- Medical personnel prescribe incorrectly too often -- Human subjects have often been treated inhumanely -- Drugs in psychiatry: U.S. citizens are overmedicated with psychiatric drugs, which are considerably less successful than advocates claim -- There are many effective alternatives to psychiatric drugs -- The wars on drugs: widely believed but incorrect notions about drug addiction do great harm -- Most citizens are harmed rather than helped by the drug wars -- Many drugs are dangerous -- Extensive marketing of three legal drugs (alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine) causes great harm, especially to children -- Many individuals and organizations benefit from the drug wars -- Popular prevention and treatment programs for drug abuse have poor success rates, while effective (and much less expensive programs) are underused -- Appendix: Introduction to pharmacology -- How drugs work -- Classification of psychoactive drugs -- Variability. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
This eye-opening book richly documents disturbing trends in Western medicine and urges readers toward a broader understanding of drug use and abuse. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Drug utilization -- United States.
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Drug utilization. |
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United States. |
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Pharmaceutical policy -- United States.
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Pharmaceutical policy. |
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Medication errors -- United States.
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Medication errors. |
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Pharmaceutical industry -- United States.
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Pharmaceutical industry. |
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Drug abuse -- United States.
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Drug abuse. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Leavitt, Fred. Real drug abusers. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2003 0742525171 (DLC) 2002155387 (OCoLC)51216484 |
| ISBN |
0585466742 (electronic book) |
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9780585466743 (electronic book) |
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0742525171 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780742525177 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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074252518X (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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9780742525184 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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