The author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller "Beautiful Boy" offers a new paradigm for dealing with addiction based on cutting-edge research and stories of his own and other families' struggles with -- and triumphs over -- drug abuse

This book provides a perspective on the regulation of drug use by examining and critiquing drug policies in the United States and internationally in terms of their scope, goals and effectiveness. It discusses the physiological, psychological, and behavioural effects of legal and illicit drugs ; the patterns and correlates of use ; and theories of the causes of drug use.