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Dealing with Drug Abuse

A report prepared by the Drug Abuse Survey Project which was initiated by the Ford Foundation in 1970. It surveys the drug-abuse problem in the United States and efforts to control it, sets forth a new approach to the problem of drug abuse and recommends a variety of measures, including the establishment of the Drug Abuse Council. Also includes staff papers on drugs and their effects, drug education, treatment and rehabilitation, the economics of heroin, federal expenditures on drug-abuse control, altered states of consciousness, and narcotics addiction and control in Great Britain.

Drug Abuse Survey Project
1972
405 pages

Contents
Foreword
Preface
The Drug Abuse Survey Project: Summary of Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations: The Present Problem and Efforts to Control It; A More Promising Approach to Drug Abuse; The Drug Abuse Council; Conclusion; Notes
Staff Paper 1 the Drugs and Their Effects: A Primer on Psychopharmacology; Drugs Of Abuse; Notes
Staff Paper 2 Drug Education: Goals Of Drug Education; Techniques of Drug Education for Students; Total School Involvement; Out-Of-School Drug-Education Programs; The National Media; Films And Audio Visuals; School Curricula; Education for Nonstudents; Sponsors of Current Efforts; Conclusion; Notes
Staff Paper 3 Treatment and Rehabilitation: Introduction; Abstinence Programs; Methadone Maintenance; Antagonists; Multimodal Programs; Heroin Maintenance; Treatment of Users of Nonopiates; Conclusion; Notes
Staff Paper 4 the Economics of Heroin: Production; Policy Options: What Can Be Done; Distribution; Consumption; Conclusion; Notes
Staff Paper 5 Federal Expenditures on Drug-Abuse Control: Availability of Information; Total Federal Expenditures; Federal Activities; Notes
Staff Paper 6 Altered States of Consciousness: The Pharmacology of Consciousness- Altering Drugs; Altered States of Consciousness, Drugs, and Society
Staff Paper 7 Narcotics Addiction and Control in Great Britain: Background; The Clinics; Law Enforcement; Research; The Statistics; Results; Personal Observations
The Contributors
Dealing with Drug Abuse a Report to the Ford Foundation

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