Drug addiction and substance use disorders affect millions worldwide. This essential guide to a growing problem helps readers gain a deeper understanding of how people can become addicted to drugs and the dangerous effects of drug and alcohol abuse. Through annotated quotations by experts in the field, treatments for these disorders are explained.

Chapter 1: Types of drugs - Chapter 2: Understanding addiction - Chapter 3: Effects of addiction - Chapter 4: Treating addiction - Chapter 5: Addressing the problem.