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Dr. Charles F. Levinthal is Chair of the Department of Psychology and Professor of Psychology at Hofstra University, where he has taught and conducted research since 1971, having received his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Michigan. He is author of fifteen books, including Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society, 7th ed. (2012),Drugs, Society, and Criminal Justice, 3rd ed. (2012),Point/Counterpoint: Opposing Perspectives on Issues of Drug Policy (2003), Introduction to Physiological Psychology, 3rd ed. (1990), and Messengers of Paradise: Opiates and the Brain (1988). Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society has been published in Korean (2008), and Messengers of the Paradise: Opiates and the Brain has been published in Spanish (1989) and Japanese (1991). His present research interests include issues in substance abuse and dependence, clinical neuropsychology, and cognitive decision-making. Dr. Levinthal presented the Hofstra University Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1987 and was voted by the graduating Class of 2003 as Distinguished Teacher of the Year. Dr. Levinthal was elected as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 2010.

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This text examines the impact of drug-taking behavior on our society and our daily lives. The use and abuse of a wide range of licit and illicit drugs are discussed from historical, biological, psychological, and sociological perspectives. For undergraduate Drugs and Behavior courses . In today's world, drugs and their use present a social paradox, combining the potential for good and for bad. As a society and as individuals, we can be the beneficiaries of drugs or their victims. Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society, Sixth Edition features a comprehensive review of psychoactive drugs, and is notable for the attention it gives to two aspects of drug-taking behavior that have been underreported in other texts: steroid abuse and inhalant abuse.

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BRIEF CONTENTS Preface PART ONE: Drugs in Society/Drugs in Our Lives CHAPTER 1: Drugs and Behavior Today CHAPTER 2: Drug-Taking Behavior: The Personal and Social Concerns CHAPTER 3: How Drugs Work in the Body and on the Mind PART TWO: Legally Restricted Drugs in Our Society CHAPTER 4: The Major Stimulants: Cocaine and Amphetamines CHAPTER 5: Narcotics: Opium, Heroin, and Synthetic Opiates CHAPTER 6: LSD and Other Hallucinogens CHAPTER 7: Marijuana PART THREE: Legal Drugs in Our Society CHAPTER 8: Alcohol: Social Beverage/Social Drug CHAPTER 10: Chronic Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism CHAPTER 11: Nicotine and Tobacco Use PART FOUR: Enhancers and Depressants CHAPTER 12: Performance Enhancing Drugs and Drug Testing in Sports CHAPTER 13: Depressents and Inhalants PART FIVE: Medicinal Drugs CHAPTER 14 Prescription Drugs, Over-the-Counter Drugs, and Dietary Supplements CHAPTER 15: Drugs for Treating Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders PART SIX: Prevention and Treatment CHAPTER 16: Substance-Abuse Prevention CHAPTER 17: Substance-Abuse Treatment: Strategies for Change