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The Drug Problem: A New View Using the General Semantics Approach

The Drug Problem: A New View Using the General Semantics Approach

Hardcover

LinguisticsAddiction & Recovery

ISBN10: 027596129X
ISBN13: 9780275961299
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Aug 30 2002
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.88
Language: English

Current approaches to the drug problem are not working and almost everyone agrees that more effective solutions are needed. This comprehensive volume offers a dynamic new approach to understanding and solving the drug problem. This text applies the techniques and formulations of general semantics to investigate and make recommendations about various aspects of drug abuse. General semantics, a process problem-solving approach based on the primacy of the scientific method and importance of language as a shaper of thoughts and perceptions, has a proven record of success in problem-solving across a wide variety of disciplines and fields.

Topics examined include American drug history and policy, the legalization issue, drugs and creativity, treatment, and prevention. A chronological overview of drug-taking in human history and a resource guide are provided. One chapter offers an in-depth description of an effective drug abuse prevention model and a program using the model.

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