The Drug Evil.

Autor: Nicholas, Kopeloff., Lillian Segal
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Zdroj: New Republic; 3/7/23, Vol. 34 Issue 431, p41-43, 3p
Abstrakt: Presents information on effects of drug addiction in the U.S. Fact that the number of drug addicts is undoubtedly increasing; Reason for the increase in the number of drug addicts; Discussion of various ways of drug addiction; Report that the human body may acquire a tolerance for large doses of any narcotic; Assumption that the drug habit originates in a desire to alleviate pain; Effect of drugs on the human body; Discussion of symptoms which accompany the drug addiction; View that treatment of drug addiction is extremely difficult and can rarely be successfully carried out even by the general practitioner; Description of three general methods of drug withdrawal; Information on the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Act that regulates traffic in drugs.
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