Narcotic Addiction: A Survey of the Current Resources Available to Deal With the Problem of Addiction, New York City, 1964
Abstract
Background of the Study. Of the gamut of social problems which face the community there can be no question that narcotic addiction is one of the most serious. As a social problem its implications reach into many areas : into medicine, into law, into psychiatry, into religion, and into the social sciences, it is impossible to estimate the number of people effected either directly or indirectly by the problem. Nor is it possible to estimate the time, energy, or money expended on developing theories of "causes" and "cures". The literature in the field is voluminous, ranging from hysterical newspaper accounts to rather unenlightening medical research papers, in spite of this tremendous amount of attention, narcotic addiction still remains not only a serious but a somewhat mysterious threat to the well being of the community.
Subject Area
Social studies education|Social psychology
Recommended Citation
Moher, Linda Jeanne, "Narcotic Addiction: A Survey of the Current Resources Available to Deal With the Problem of Addiction, New York City, 1964" (1964). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31097088.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31097088
