Substance Abuse Resources : Library Resources

How substance abuse is the culprit in America's most wrenching social problems and what to do about it, by the outspoken former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

A firsthand account of one young persons experience with substance abuse. Biography

A new understanding of substance abuse explores treatment issues based on subtypes of addicts, with a special focus on antisocial personality disorder and functional addiction.

In Hooked in Film, John Markert takes a close look at the correlation between social policies and the public view of drugs and their portrayals in film. In this volume, Markert examines the changing social attitudes toward illegal drugs and their cinematic depictions from as early as the 1894 film Chinese Opium Den to the present. Tracking hundreds of films spanning more than a century.

Provides the reader with practical information and skills to help them understand and change a drug or alcohol problem. Designed to be used in conjunction with therapy or counselling, this book focuses on issues involved in stopping substance abuse and in changing behaviours or aspects of one's lifestyle that keep the substance use problem active.