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Previous Volume 328:1859 June 24, 1993 Number 25

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(Recent Developments in Alcoholism. Vol. 10.) Edited by Marc Galanter. 399 pp. New York, Plenum, 1992. $75. ISBN 0-306-44145-4.

This interesting and important book is among the first to highlight the medical importance of the concurrent abuse of drugs such as cocaine and alcohol. David D. Newland, in a discussion of drug conditioning and craving (chapter 8), notes that "it is difficult to imagine two compounds as different pharmacologically as alcohol and cocaine." He adds, "Given the distinctly dissimilar characteristics of alcohol and cocaine, are there common factors that they share? Moreover, are these factors common to an even wider range of abused drugs? These questions have direct relevance to the abuse and addictive properties of these drugs."

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