NCJ Number
142651
Date Published
1992
Length
114 pages
Annotation
This collection of articles on drug use in Mexico offers a multidisciplinary approach to the general aspects, prevention, and treatment models of drug abuse.
Abstract
Topics covered include a historical overview of the Mexican drug situation in pre-Colombian times and from 1870 to 1910, alternative sources of drug information, inner-city drug abuse, and drug jargon. Articles also review family, psychological, and social factors in drug abuse; prevention techniques; a treatment model; and general psychological therapeutic principles. Individual article references and tables