Drug Addiction among Adolescents
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چکیده
. . . Among the basic needs of children which our large urban centres fail to provide are : adequate housing, modern and adequately manned schools, appropriate recreational facilities, opportunities for identification with responsible adults, freedom from racial and religious discrimination, opportunities to achieve social and emotional maturity by sharing community activities under responsible leadership . . ." There is an index, but a detailed table of contents would have enabled the non-specialist reader to pick his way among the mass of information scattered throughout the book. For quick orientation, the reader should turn to Professor Seevers' synthesis on pp. 108-15 which admirably sums up everything revelant. The extent of addiction is as yet unknown despite many attempts to estimate; for every known addict one may safely estimate three unknown. The number of arrests made in New York
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