Books in the Research Advances in Alcohol and Drug Problems series

Over the last decade the world has experienced a growing interest in problems associated with the nonmedical use of drugs. As a result, the amount of research and writing on the subject of drug problems has greatly increased, and it has become very difficult for one individual to keep up with all the relevant literature.

''Previous volumes have been well received and the present work should be no exception....In a field where advances contribute to the widening gap between clinician and researchers, this volume serves to close that distance.''-Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research, from a review of a previous volume

Over the last decade the world has experienced a growing interest in problems associated with the nonmedical use of drugs. As a result, the amount of research and writing on the subject of drug problems has greatly increased, and it has become very difficult for one individual to keep up with all the relevant literature.

This book continues the series of reviews of research advances first published in 1974. In this task we have been greatly helped by the staff of Plenum Press and the Advisory Panel listed at the front of this volume. The editors wish to acknowledge the help of Julliana Newell Ayoub in preparation of this volume.