Comprehensive Handbook of Drug and Alcohol Addiction

Drugs discussed include benzodiazepine, cocaine, marijuana, phencyclidine, amphetamines, nicotine, hallucinogens, sedatives-hypnotics, anabolic-androgenic steroids, methadone, and ophioids. Also discusses drug and alcohol effects on pregnancy and the newborn, women, alcohol and drugs, alcohol and drug addiction in the elderly, eating disorders and drug and alcohol addiction, drug and alcohol addiction and AIDS, suicide in drug and alcohol addiction, drug and alcohol use and addiction among physicians, and gambling problems in alcoholics and drug addicts.