The Resource The real drug abusers, Fred Leavitt
The real drug abusers, Fred Leavitt
Resource Information
The item The real drug abusers, Fred Leavitt represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item The real drug abusers, Fred Leavitt represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- This eye-opening book richly documents disturbing trends in Western medicine and urges readers toward a broader understanding of drug use and abuse
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 275 pages)
- Contents
-
- The pharmaceutical/medical complex: A significant portion of medical research cannot be trusted
- Drug companies too often place profits over progress
- Medical personnel prescribe incorrectly too often
- Human subjects have often been treated inhumanely
- Drugs in psychiatry: U.S. citizens are overmedicated with psychiatric drugs, which are considerably less successful than advocates claim
- There are many effective alternatives to psychiatric drugs
- The wars on drugs: widely believed but incorrect notions about drug addiction do great harm
- Most citizens are harmed rather than helped by the drug wars
- Many drugs are dangerous
- Extensive marketing of three legal drugs (alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine) causes great harm, especially to children
- Many individuals and organizations benefit from the drug wars
- Popular prevention and treatment programs for drug abuse have poor success rates, while effective (and much less expensive programs) are underused
- Appendix: Introduction to pharmacology
- How drugs work
- Classification of psychoactive drugs
- Variability
- Isbn
- 9780585466743
- Label
- The real drug abusers
- Title
- The real drug abusers
- Statement of responsibility
- Fred Leavitt
- Subject
-
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse -- United States
- Drug utilization
- Drug utilization -- United States
- Electronic books
- MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services | General
- Medication Errors -- adverse effects
- Medication errors
- Drug Industry -- economics
- Pharmaceutical Preparations -- supply & distribution
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmaceutical industry -- United States
- Pharmaceutical policy
- Pharmaceutical policy -- United States
- Substance-Related Disorders -- prevention & control
- United States
- Medication errors -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This eye-opening book richly documents disturbing trends in Western medicine and urges readers toward a broader understanding of drug use and abuse
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Leavitt, Fred
- Dewey number
- 362.1/782/0973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RM263
- LC item number
- .L42 2003eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- QV 736
- NLM item number
- L439r 2003
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Drug utilization
- Pharmaceutical policy
- Medication errors
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Drug abuse
- Pharmaceutical Preparations
- Drug Industry
- Medication Errors
- Substance-Related Disorders
- MEDICAL
- Drug abuse
- Drug utilization
- Medication errors
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmaceutical policy
- United States
- Label
- The real drug abusers, Fred Leavitt
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The pharmaceutical/medical complex: A significant portion of medical research cannot be trusted -- Drug companies too often place profits over progress -- Medical personnel prescribe incorrectly too often -- Human subjects have often been treated inhumanely -- Drugs in psychiatry: U.S. citizens are overmedicated with psychiatric drugs, which are considerably less successful than advocates claim -- There are many effective alternatives to psychiatric drugs -- The wars on drugs: widely believed but incorrect notions about drug addiction do great harm -- Most citizens are harmed rather than helped by the drug wars -- Many drugs are dangerous -- Extensive marketing of three legal drugs (alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine) causes great harm, especially to children -- Many individuals and organizations benefit from the drug wars -- Popular prevention and treatment programs for drug abuse have poor success rates, while effective (and much less expensive programs) are underused -- Appendix: Introduction to pharmacology -- How drugs work -- Classification of psychoactive drugs -- Variability
- Control code
- 52895024
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 275 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780585466743
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- f68140ff-9b7c-4e94-8d5d-8e89fec53736
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)52895024
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- The real drug abusers, Fred Leavitt
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The pharmaceutical/medical complex: A significant portion of medical research cannot be trusted -- Drug companies too often place profits over progress -- Medical personnel prescribe incorrectly too often -- Human subjects have often been treated inhumanely -- Drugs in psychiatry: U.S. citizens are overmedicated with psychiatric drugs, which are considerably less successful than advocates claim -- There are many effective alternatives to psychiatric drugs -- The wars on drugs: widely believed but incorrect notions about drug addiction do great harm -- Most citizens are harmed rather than helped by the drug wars -- Many drugs are dangerous -- Extensive marketing of three legal drugs (alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine) causes great harm, especially to children -- Many individuals and organizations benefit from the drug wars -- Popular prevention and treatment programs for drug abuse have poor success rates, while effective (and much less expensive programs) are underused -- Appendix: Introduction to pharmacology -- How drugs work -- Classification of psychoactive drugs -- Variability
- Control code
- 52895024
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 275 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780585466743
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- f68140ff-9b7c-4e94-8d5d-8e89fec53736
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)52895024
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse -- United States
- Drug utilization
- Drug utilization -- United States
- Electronic books
- MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services | General
- Medication Errors -- adverse effects
- Medication errors
- Drug Industry -- economics
- Pharmaceutical Preparations -- supply & distribution
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmaceutical industry -- United States
- Pharmaceutical policy
- Pharmaceutical policy -- United States
- Substance-Related Disorders -- prevention & control
- United States
- Medication errors -- United States
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