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Technologies for Understanding and Preventing Substance Abuse and Addiction
TECHNOLOGIES FOR UNDERSTANDING AND PREVENTING SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTION
US Government Office of Technology Assessment
October 18, 1994
Contents
Part I: Necessary Preconditions
5 Substance Use and Transitions to Abuse and Addiction
Part II: Individual Factors
6 Individual Risk and Protective Factors
Part III: Activity Settings
APPENDICES
A Drug Control Policy in the United States: Historical Perspectives
B Federal Programs: Prevention and Causation
C Perspectives on Defining Substance Abuse
D List of Contracts
E List of Workshops and Participants
F Acknowledgments
References
The Report in PDF File Format
Full Report ~3999K |
Front Matter ~117K |
Table of Contents ~98K |
Chapters |
1: Executive Summary ~608K |
2: Introduction ~400K |
Part I: Necessary Preconditions ~87K |
3: Biology and Pharmacology ~285K |
4: Availability ~370K |
5: Substance Use and Transitions to Abuse and Addiction ~240K |
Part II: Individual Factors ~86K |
6: Individual Risk and Protective Factors ~466K |
Part III: Activity Settings ~86K |
7: Ethnographic Drug Studies ~311K |
8: Community Activity Settings ~579K |
9: Policy Options ~155K |
Appendixes |
A: Drug Control Policy in the United States: Historical Perspectives ~125K |
B: Federal Programs: Prevention and Causation ~145K |
C: Perspectives on Defining Substance Abuse ~126K |
D: List of Contracts ~92K |
E: List of Workshops and Participants ~107K |
F: Acknowledgments ~96K |
G: References ~981K |
Index ~294K |
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