Alcohol and drug use are cross-cutting issues in all areas of social work practice and social workers need to know how to identify, assess, engage and support their substance-using clients effectively. This book provides a comprehensive and practical account of this important area of health and soci[...]

Suitable for those working with questions of drug use; from students in a wide variety of fields (sociology, social work, youth studies) to practitioners such as nurses, health workers and social workers, this title offers a critical account on psychoactive drugs in our society (reputation, history,[...]