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Women under the Influence
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. 292 pp. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. $50 (cloth); $20 (paper). ISBN 0-8018-8227-3 (cloth); 0-8018-8228-1 (paper).

Alcohol Problems in Adolescents and Young Adults: Epidemiology, Neurobiology, Prevention, and Treatment
Edited by Marc Galanter. 456 pp. New York, Springer-Verlag, 2006. $49.95. ISBN 0-387-29215-2.

Women under the Influence is a scholarly analysis of substance abuse among American women. This lucidly written book provides a perceptive and compassionate discussion of the factors that contribute to the abuse of a wide spectrum of substances and of the associated social and health consequences for women.

In the foreword, Joseph A. Califano, Jr., notes that "Some 6 million girls and women abuse or are addicted to alcohol, 15 million use illicit drugs and misuse prescription drugs, and nearly 32 million smoke cigarettes." Accurate estimates of morbidity and mortality associated with alcohol abuse have been . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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