Table of Contents

• About the Author
• Contributors
• Foreword (Carlton K. Erickson)
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Characteristics of Alcohol: Chemistry, Use, and Abuse (John Brick)
• What Is Alcohol?
• Scientific Notation for Alcohol Concentrations
• Defining Alcohol Use
• Chapter 2. Medical Consequences of Alcohol Abuse (John Brick)
• Overview
• Alcohol and Accidental Injuries
• Alcohol and the Skeletal System
• Cancers
• Alcohol-Induced Pancreatic Injury
• Alcohol-Induced Liver Injury
• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Conclusions
• Chapter 3. The Neuropsychological Consequences of Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Rosemarie Scolaro Moser and Corinne E. Frantz)
• Overview
• Brain Impairment and Alcohol Abuse
• Brain Impairment and Illicit Drug Abuse
• Summary
• Chapter 4. Effects of Alcohol Abuse on the Brain (Fulton T. Crews)
• Overview
• Ethanol Effects on Glutamate Receptor Ion Channels
• Ethanol Effects on GABAA/Benzodiazepine Receptors
• Changes in NMDA and GABAA Receptors During Chronic Alcohol Abuse and Withdrawal
• Brain Damage in Alcoholics
• Summary
• Chapter 5. Neuroanatomical and Neurobehavioral Effects of Heavy Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (Tara S. Wass, Sarah N. Mattson, and Edward P. Riley)
• Overview
• Autopsy Studies
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies
• Other Studies
• Neurobehavioral Effects
• Summary and Discussion
• Chapter 6. Health Consequences of Marijuana Use (Alan J. Budney, Brent A. Moore, and Ryan Vandrey)
• Respiratory System
• Immune System
• Cardiovascular System
• Reproductive Function
• Psychological Consequences
• Cognitive Effects
• Medical Marijuana
• Conclusions
• Chapter 7. The Medical Consequences of Opiate Abuse and Addiction and Methadone Pharmacotherapy (Pauline F. McHugh and Mary Jeanne Kreek)
• Overview
• Pharmacological Effects of Opiates: Death
• Direct Medical Consequences of Opiates
• Indirect Medical Consequences of Opiate Abuse and Addiction
• Summary
• Chapter 8. Medical Consequences of the Use of Cocaine and Other Stimulants (Aaron Schneir and Anthony S. Manoguerra)
• Overview
• History
• Forms of Cocaine
• Physiologic Effects
• Adverse Effects of Cocaine
• Other Stimulants
• Chapter 9. The Medical and Developmental Consequences of Prenatal Drug Exposure (Karen K. Howell, Claire D. Coles, and Julie Kable)
• Overview
• Principles of Teratology and Behavioral Teratology
• Maternal Substance Use and Developmental Impact: Tobacco
• Illicit Drug Use: Cocaine
• Marijuana
• Opiates
• Summary: Impact of Maternal Substance Use
• Chapter 10. Inhalant Abuse (Paul Kolecki and Richard Shih)
• Overview
• History
• Substances
• Chronic Toxic Effects of Inhalant Abuse
• Treatment of the Acute Toxic Effects of Inhalant Abuse
• Treatment of the Chronic Toxic Effects of Inhalant Abuse
• Summary
• Index
• Reference Notes Included
  
  Contributors:
• John Brick, PhD, MA, FAPA
• Alan J. Budney, PhD
• Claire D. Coles, PhD
• Fulton T. Crews, PhD
• Carlton Erickson, PhD
• Corinne E. Frantz, PhD
• Karen Kuehn Howell, PhD
• Julie Kable, PhD
• Paul Kolecki, MD
• Mary Jeanne Kreek, MD
• Anthony Manoguerra, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT
• Sarah N. Mattson, PhD
• Pauline F. McHugh, MD
• Brent A. Moore, PhD
• Rosemarie Scolaro Moser, PhD, ABPN
• Edward P. Riley, PhD
• Aaron Schneir, MD
• Richard Shih, MD
• Ryan Vandrey
• Tara S. Wass, PhD