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Addiction: A Reference Encyclopedia, 1st Edition

  • Howard Padwa
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  • ISBN-10: 1598842307
  • ISBN-13: 9781598842302
  • DDC: 616.860097
  • Grade Level Range: 9th Grade - College Senior
  • 398 Pages | eBook
  • Original Copyright 2010 | Published/Released March 2011
  • This publication's content originally published in print form: 2010

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About

Overview

Provides answers to many questions about addiction and addictive behaviors of all kinds, including drugs, alcohol, gambling, sex, Internet usage, and more.

Table of Contents

Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
List of Entries.
About This Book.
Acknowledgments.
1: Reference Essay Addiction: A Scientific and Historical Overview.
2: Al-Anon.
3: Alateen.
4: Alcohol Bootlegging and Smuggling.
5: Alcohol Mutual Aid Societies.
6: Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).
7: American Association for the Study and Cure of Inebriety (AASCI).
8: American Society Of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).
9: American Temperance Society (ATS).
10: Anslinger, Harry J..
11: Anti-Drug Abuse Acts.
12: Anti-Saloon League (ASL).
13: Association against the Prohibition Amendment (AAPA).
14: Betty Ford Center.
15: Bishop, Ernest S..
16: Boggs Act.
17: Boylan Act.
18: Brent, Charles Henry.
19: Carnes, Patrick J..
20: Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA).
21: China and the Chinese.
22: Cipollone V. Liggett Group, Inc. et al..
23: Committee on Drug Addiction.
24: Committee on Drug Addictions.
25: Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act.
26: Compulsive Overeating Mutual Aid Groups.
27: Crack Epidemic.
28: Crothers, Thomas Davison.
29: Custer, Robert L..
30: Dai, Bingham.
31: D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education).
32: Debtors Anonymous (DA).
33: Degeneration Theory.
34: Disulfiram.
35: Dole, Vincent.
36: Drug Abuse Control Amendments of 1965.
37: Drug Addiction and Public Policy.
38: Drug Courts.
39: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
40: Drug Policy Alliance Network.
41: Drug Smuggling.
42: Drugs and the Counterculture.
43: Engle V. R. J. Reynolds.
44: Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN).
45: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS).
46: Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
47: Gamblers Anonymous (GA).
48: Hague Convention.
49: Harrison Narcotics Act.
50: Hazelden Foundation.
51: Hill & Knowlton.
52: Hobson, Richmond Pearson.
53: Jacobs, Durand F..
54: Jellinek, E. Morton.
55: Jin Fuey Moy V. United States.
56: Keeley, Leslie E..
57: Kessler, David.
58: Kolb, Lawrence.
59: League of Nations.
60: Leary, Timothy.
61: Lesieur, Henry.
62: Lifering.
63: Lindesmith, Alfred R..
64: Marihuana Commission.
65: Marihuana Tax Act.
66: Master Settlement Agreement (MSA).
67: Mccoy, Bill.
68: Methadone.
69: Mothers against Drunk Driving (MADD).
70: Naltrexone.
71: Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act.
72: Narcotic Clinics.
73: Narcotic Control Act.
74: Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act.
75: Narcotics Anonymous (NA).
76: Nation, Carry.
77: National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCAAD).
78: National Council on Problem Gaming (NCPG).
79: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).
80: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
81: National Minimum Drinking Age Act.
82: National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML).
83: Nutt, Levi G..
84: Nyswander, Marie.
85: Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).
86: On-Line Gamers Anonymous and the Daedalus Project.
87: P. Lorillard.
88: Partnership for a Drug-Free America.
89: Patent Medicines.
90: The Philippines.
91: Porter, Stephen G..
92: Prohibition Party.
93: Prohibition Unit.
94: Public Health Service Narcotic Hospitals.
95: Pure Food and Drug Act.
96: Reagan, Ronald and Nancy.
97: Recovery Circles.
98: Ribbon Reform Clubs.
99: Rush, Benjamin.
100: Secondhand Smoke.
101: Shanghai Commission.
102: Smokers' Rights.
103: Smoking Opium Exclusion Act.
104: Speakeasies.
105: Special Narcotic Committee.
106: State Drug and Alcohol Control Laws.
107: Steroids and Sports.
108: Students against Destructive Decisions (SADD).
109: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
110: Surgeon General's Reports on Tobacco.
111: Terry, Charles E..
112: Tobacco Industry Research Committee (TIRC).
113: Tobacco Institute.
114: Towns, Charles B..
115: United Nations.
116: United States International Drug Control Efforts.
117: United States V. Behrman and Linder V. United States.
118: United States. V. Doremus and Webb et al V. United States.
119: Volstead Act (18th Amendment).
120: Washingtonians.
121: Webb-Kenyon Act.
122: Whiskey Rebellion.
123: Wigand, Jeffrey.
124: Wiley, Harvey Washington.
125: Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).
126: Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform (WONPR).
127: Wright, Hamilton.
128: Young, Kimberly S..
129: Primary Source Documents.
Further Reading.
Index.
About the Authors.