G. di Gennaro Abuse of drugs has reached such magnitude that it is regarded by most govern ments, scholars, and experts as one of the major problems of present-day society. The highest values of individuals and social groups are strongly attacked or are at risk as a result of the spread of drug abuse. As a consequence, society is deprived of the contribution of many of its members toward the establishment of better condi tions of life. On the other hand, considerable portions of the limited resources of so ciety are diverted to assist, cure, and rehabilitate drug addicts. The enormous gains derived from illicit traffic in drugs are contributing tremendously to the strengthen ing of criminal organizations and the rise of new aggressive criminal syndicates. The financial means of these groups are invested in illegal enterprises which extend the criminals' power to various sectors of the economy. One should recognize that the vast criminal network which is behind this crimi nal big business has achieved such strength that it acts as a counter-power. Corrup tion, racketeering, oppression, and illicit influences are among the dreadful ele ments which unavoidably accompany drug trafficking. The price paid for this by humanity is incommensurate.
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I. General. - Personality Core Dynamics and Drug Preference. - A Comparison of Attitudes of Parents and High School Senior Students Regarding Cigarette, Alcohol, and Drug Use. - A Study of Attitudes of Undergraduate Nursing Students Toward Substance Abuse. - Alcohol, Tobacco and Oesophageal Cancer: An International Comparison. - II. Drugs. - A. Phenomenon. - Psychology of Drug Abuse. - Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Use: Patterns, Predictors, Preventions. - Heroin Addiction in the Netherlands. - Representativity of an Injection Mark Study of Arrestees. - B. Treatment. - Therapeutic Community Pitfalls: The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men. - Preventive Approaches: Programs in Business and Industry. - What Can Professional Psychotherapists Do About Heroin Addiction? . - Socialization into Addict Subculture and Resocialization into Wide Society. - Relapse Prevention in Chronic Marijuana Smokers. - Family Support Systems in the Treatment of Substance Abuse. - A Comprehensive National Plan for Dealing with the Problems of Drug Abuse in Israel. - Outcome of Narcotics Addicts Treatment in California. - Supportive and Protective Measures Concerning Addicts in German Law. - III. Alcohol. - A. Phenomenon. - Motives, Contexts, and Effects of Alcohol Drinking in Contemporary Fiction. - The Influence of Income on the Consumption of Alcohol in Ontario: A Cross-Section Study. - Relationship Between Severity of Alcohol Dependence and Protracted Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms. - Alcohol-Associated Morbidity. - Involvement of Alcohol in Fatal Self-Poisoning with Medicinal Products in the United Kingdom. - B. Treatment. - A Protocol for Nursing Assessment of Severe Symptomatic Hypophosphatemia in Hospitalized Alcoholics. - A Protocol for Nursing Assessment of Hypomagnesemia in Chronic Alcoholism. - A Ten-Year Learning Experience in an Alcoholic/Addiction Recovery Unit for Associate Degree Nursing Students. - Patterns of Family Protective Behavior Among Alcoholics. - Identification and Treatment of the Alcoholic in the Justice System. - Medication Taken by Patients Prior to Presentation to an Alcoholic Unit.
