Drug Abuse Prevention
- ISBN-10
- 0763771589
- ISBN-13
- 9780763771584
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 332
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-08-24
- Publisher
- Jones & Bartlett Learning
- Authors
- Richard Wilson, Cheryl Kolander
Description
Using an evidence-based approach, Drug Abuse Prevention: A School and Community Partnership, Third Edition teaches students and practitioners the important concepts and skills needed to design effective drug prevention programs. Written to cover more than just the facts about drugs, this text provides a background of drug use and abuse, presents the principles and skills of prevention, with particular focus on adolescents and school settings, and reinforces the importance of schools forming community partnerships with key institutions and the application of policy tools to enhance the impact of education alone. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.
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- 2003
- 346 pages
- Paperback
- Jones & Bartlett Learning
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