Disturbances of growth and behavior in children of heroin-addicted mothers was studied in 77 preschool children. Arthur Retlaw and Associates, Inc., Suite 2080, 1603 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60201. (Author/DLS)

Describes issues and implications associated with personality conceptualizations of addictive behaviors. Directs attention toward characterizing the sociopolitical climate's effect on identification, evaluation, and management of substance abuse disorders. Explores alcohol and drug use in conceptual schemata encompassing multifactorial,…

Discusses the following in relation to their predictability to future drug abuse in youth: (1) susceptibility of children of chemically dependent parents; (2) genetic transmutation; (3) family structure and management; (4) socialization; and (5) cognitive family characteristics. (Author/LHW)

Medical schools are finally teaching about alcoholism, a disease implicated in 20-50 percent of hospital admissions and which is a problem in the medical profession itself. Recent discoveries on identifying/treating alcoholism have helped to change attitudes and lead to model problems for medical students at Johns Hopkins and Dartmouth. (DH)

College students were asked to respond to eighteen household, legal, and illegal drugs. Perceptions of strength and dangerousness were highly correlated. Usage and dangerousness tended to be negatively correlated while usage and pleasantness tended to be positively correlated. The dangerousness dimension separated the drugs into legal and illegal…

Originally published in 1992 as The Facts About Drug Use, this updated edition contains new information about the effects of alcohol and recreational, mood-altering drugs on the body. The multiple causes of drug use and the options available to those dependent on drugs as a way of life are thoroughly described. Knowledge of the adverse effects of…

Discussion sessions, with tape recorded self-analysis, aided drug addicts on methadone therapy to present public speeches about their drug experiences. (CH)

Paper presented at the 24th annual convention of the California State Psychological Association, Corona, Calif., January 30, 1971. (DM)

Reviews the use of heroin in the military forces. Reprinted with permission from Today's Health.'' (DS)

Describes the development of a career as a drug dealer of a black ghetto-raised youth, including the changing perspective in which he orients himself with reference to others, and the patterned sequence of social positions he came to occupy. (Author/JM)

Research teams visited an urban and a suburban school to get a firsthand look at the the drug problem, what the schools were doing about it, and what methods and materials they were using. (Author)

In 1965 the OE surveyed the drug picture and recognized the need for anti-drug abuse programs in schools. As the problem intensified so did the monetary and counselatory aid. (Author/AF)

Defines drug abuse, identifies drug abusers, and emphasizes drug education in the family living context, as well as offering alternatives to drug use. (KJ)