Up-to-date and student-oriented, Goldberg's four-color text encourages students to examine the motivation for drug use, social implications of drug use, legal ramifications, and factors affecting how drugs interact with the human body. It provides a look at the history and culture surrounding drug use and abuse, key information regarding specific types of drugs, and a review of drug treatment, education, and prevention approaches and programs. Utilizing active learning features like "Fact or Fiction" and "Thinking Critically" questions, DRUGS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM, 6e, INTERNATIONAL EDITION engages and educates students about the topics and issues related to drugs in society.