Substance Abuse: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues) - Hardcover

"...a handy reference for students researching substance abuse...Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers" - Choice "...his prose is lively and informative. Intended as a subject overview and accessible to lay readers, it is most at home in general collections." - Library Journal

This engaging resource handbook offers readers with both a thorough overview of the use and abuse of legal and illegal substances in the United States and a worldwide perspective on the topic. * Historic court decisions and laws related to substance abuse * A chronology of pivotal events in the history of substance abuse from prehistory to the present * An extended annotated bibliography containing more than 100 print and electronic resources on substance abuse * Complete glossary and index to allow easy referencing of information