COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICE FOR DRUG DEPENDENCE

Students who have drug problems and realize they need help might select assistance based on the services available on campus or in the surrounding community and the costs they are willing top pay for treatment services. One approach to convince drug-dependent people to enter treatment programs...

DRUG TESTING

Society’s response to concern over drug use includes the development and growing use of drug tests.  Most of the specimens come from corporations that screens employee for commonly abused drugs.  Among these are amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines (the chemical bases for prescription...

SOCIETY’S RESPONSE TO DRUG USE

During the last 25 years, society has responded to illegal drug use with growing concern.  Most adults see drug abuse as a clear danger to society.  This position has been supported by the development of community, school, state, and national organizations directed toward the reduction...

COMBINATION DRUG EFFECTS

Drugs taken in various combinations and dosages can alter and perhaps intensify effects. A synergistic drug effect is a dangerous consequence of taking different drugs in the same general category at the same time.  The combination exaggerates each individual drug’s effects.  For example, the...