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Edited by Adrian Bonner and James Waterhouse. 312 pp. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1996. $59.95. ISBN 0-333-64555-3.

This book contains a wealth of information on addiction. The topics range from psychoanalytic theory and public health policy to biochemistry. Substance dependence is broadly defined, and separate sections deal with stimulants, smoking, and alcohol and eating disorders. The primary emphasis is on alcohol research. For the most part, the book appropriately avoids discussion of other drugs, such as hallucinogens, that may be abused but that have less potential to be addictive. Separate chapters review the relation between crime and addiction, the effects of drugs on the brain and heart, the effects of alcohol on memory, and the nature of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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