Description The Prescription Drug Problem analyzes the growth of the Prescription Drug abuse problem from 1994 to 2014 and includes comparisons to marijuana and hard Drug use during the same period.
Higgins is professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Louisville..
George E.
Ford is associate professor of sociology at the University of Central Florida.
Jason A.
Schroeder is professor and department chair in the Department of Sociology at the University of Louisville.
About the Author Ryan D. and stimulate additional research.
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Drawing upon demographic patterns of abuse to identify causes of and factors contributing to Prescription Drug abuse as well as possible solutions to the problem, the book is designed to provide a broad overview of the Prescription Drug abuse problem in the U.
S., while the text presents stories of celebrities who have struggled with Prescription Drug abuse, highlights a handful of ordinary Americans who are battling Prescription Drug abuse, and examines as case studies a few communities that have been ravaged by Prescription Drug abuse.
The book begins with a broad overview of the Prescription Drug problem in the U.
Specific attention is given to Prescription opiate abuse and the transition from Prescription opiates to heroin.
Description The Prescription Drug Problem analyzes the growth of the Prescription Drug abuse problem from 1994 to 2014 and includes comparisons to marijuana and hard Drug use during the same period
