Chemical Dependency
Chemical Dependency | Chapter 3 Preface
One of the curiosities about drug addiction is that addicts can often be cured of their dependency by taking other drugs. Methadone is probably the best known of these substitute drugs, but another drug, ibogaine, has shown promise as a treatment in recent years.
Ibogaine began to be developed as a treatment for chemical dependency in the early 1960s. Traditionally used as a hallucinogen in Africa, ibogaine is derived from the plant Tabernanthe iboga. Its effectiveness in treating addiction—both heroin and cocaine—was discovered in 1962 by Howard Lotsof. The National...
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Chapter 1: Is Chemical Dependency a Serious Problem?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Teen Drug Abuse Is a Serious Problem
- Teen Drug Abuse Has Been Exaggerated
- Smoking Causes Significant Health Problems
- Smoking-Related Health Problems Have Been Exaggerated
- Prescription Drug Abuse Is a Growing Problem
- The Media Have Exaggerated the Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis
- Chapter 1 Periodical Bibliography
- Chapter 2: What Causes Chemical Dependency?
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Chapter 3: What Drug Treatment and Prevention Programs Are Effective?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Needle-Exchange Programs Can Reduce the Transmission of AIDS
- Needle-Exchange Programs Do Not Reduce the Transmission of AIDS
- Drug Tests of Pregnant Women Are Necessary
- Drug Tests of Pregnant Women Are Discriminatory
- Alcoholics Anonymous Can Reduce the Problems Caused by Drinking
- Harm-Reduction Approaches Can Reduce the Problems Caused by Drinking
- Methadone Is the Most Effective Treatment for Heroin Addiction
- Chapter 3 Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 4: Should Drug Laws Be Reformed?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- The War on Drugs Can Succeed
- The War on Drugs Has Failed
- Drug Use Should Be Decriminalized
- Drug Use Should Not Be Decriminalized
- Mandatory Minimum Sentences Are Essential to the War on Drugs
- Mandatory Minimum Sentences Are Ineffective and Unfair
- Drug Courts Are a Promising Solution to the Drug Problem
- Drug Courts Have Not Reduced the Drug Problem
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
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