Book list
Addiction publishes new book lists five times per year, both in print and on this website. Items are alphabetised by author within each list. Entry in this list neither precludes nor guarantees later review. Note that entries with ** in front of citation are government documents and ++ denotes non-English language publications.
Compiled by Andrea L. Mitchell, SALIS: Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists.
Email: amitchell@salis.org
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Previous Issue - January 2019
American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts
CHRIS MCGREAL
Guardian Faber Publishing, 2018, 336 pp, ISBN: 9781610398619 (hardback); ASIN: B07B8D6YYN (Kindle)
Beyond the Drug War in Mexico: Human Rights, the Public Sphere and Justice (Series: Europa Country Perspectives)
WIL G. PANSTERS, BENJAMIN T. SMITH, AND PETER WATT, eds.
Routledge, 2018, 212 pp, ISBN: 9781857439090 (hardcover); ASIN: B076ZQH6GQ (Kindle)
Bloodlines: How the FBI Took on Mexico's Most Violent Drugs Cartel
MELISSA DEL BOSQUE
John Blake, 2018, 400 pp, ISBN: 9780062448484 (hardcover); ISBN: 9780062448491 (paperback); ASIN: B06X1F858C (Kindle)
Bottoms Up: Surrendering to God, Not to booze!
RALF FRIEDRICHS
CreateSpace, 2018, 117 pp, ISBN: 978-1721280568 (paperback); ISBN: 1721280561 (Kindle)
Chasing the Dragon Out: An Inspiring Story of a Drug Addict's Altered Destiny
JIX SZE
Marshall Cavendish, 2018, 192 pp, ISBN: 9789814794404 (paperback)
Chemical Slavery: Understanding Addiction and Stopping the Drug Epidemic
ROBERT L. DUPONT
Institute for Behavior and Health, 2018, 270 pp, ISBN: 9781985750326 (paperback); ASIN: B07GBDWGJH (Kindle)
Drinking in Victorian and Edwardian Britain: Beyond the Spectre of the Drunkard
THORA HANDS
Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, 195 pp, ISBN: 9783319929637 (hardcover); ASIN: B07DVFZBWS (Kindle)
Drug Use and Abuse: A Comprehensive Introduction, 9th edition
HOWARD ABADINSKY
Cengage Learning, 2018, 416 pp, ISBN: 9781337537131 (hardcover); ASIN: B074MQW7LG (Kindle)
From Criminalizing to Decriminalizing Marijuana: The Politics of Social Control
NIKOLAY ANGEULOV
Lexington Books, 2018, 176 pp, ISBN: 9781498566223 (hardcover)
Glass and Gavel: The U.S. Supreme Court and Alcohol
NANCY MAVEETY
Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. 384 pp, ISBN: 9781538111987 (hardcover)
Intimacy in Alcoholic Relationships: A Collection of Al-Anon Personal Stories
AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS
Al-Anon Family Groups, 2018, 14 pp, ISBN: 9780999503515 (paperback)
Legal Marijuana: Perspectives on Public Benefits, Risks and Policy Approaches
JOAQUIN JAY GONZALES III AND MICKEY P. MCGEE, eds.
McFarland, 2018, 250 pp, ISBN: 9781476673097 (paperback)
Marijuana Goes Main Street
BRUCE BARCOTT
Time Books, 2018, 96 pp, ISBN: 9781683301639 (paperback); ASIN: B06Y3PM5DH (Kindle)
Models of Care for Drug Service Provision
RICHARD BRYANT-JEFFRIES
CRC Press, 2018, 53 pp, ASIN: B07CHT28X2 (Kindle); originally published 2004
Neural Mechanisms of Addiction
MARY TORREGROSSA
Academic Press, 2018, 306 pp, ISBN: 9780128122020 (paperback); ASIN: B07GXMBKCG (Kindle)
Our 50-state Border Crisis: How the Mexican Border Fuels the Drug Epidemic across America
HOWARD G. BUFFETT
Hachette Books, 2018, 384 pp, ISBN: 9780316476614 (hardcover); ASIN: B074M6FT8F (Kindle)
Rebellious Spirits: Audacious Tales of Drinking on the Wrong Side of the Law, 2nd new edition
RUTH BALL
Elliott & Thompson Limited, 2018, 272 pp, ISBN: 9781783963799 (paperback)
Reclaiming the Night-Time Economy: Unwanted Sexual Attention in Pubs and Clubs
BIANCA FILEBORN
Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, 264 pp, ISBN: 9781349954629 (paperback, reprint edition)
Rehabilitated: Total Turn Around from Drug Addiction
VALERIA TOKOAR
Austin Macauley Publishers, 2018, 79 pp, ISBN: 9781787100244 (hardcover); ISBN: 9781787100237 (paperback); ASIN: B07CQP8B74 (Kindle)
Sacred Bliss: A Spiritual History of Cannabis
MARK S. FERRARA
Rowman & Littlefield, 2016, 200 pp, ISBN: 9781442271913 (hardcover); 2018, 184 pp, ISBN: 9781538118986 (paperback)
Snow on the Atlantic: How Cocaine Came to Europe
NACHO CARRETERO (THOMAS BUNSTEAD, translator)
Zed Books, 2018, 356 pp, ISBN: 9781786993021 (paperback); ASIN: B07FYPQP5H (Kindle)
Substance Use Disorders: A Guide for the Primary Care Provider
HOWARD T. MILHORN
Springer, 2018, 354 pp, ISBN: 9783319630403 (paperback); ASIN: B076J712WK (Kindle)
The ASAM Principles of Addiction Medicine, 6th edition
SHANNON C. MILLER, DAVID A. FIELLIN, RICHARD N. ROSENTHAL, AND RICHARD SAITZ, eds.
Wolters Kluwer, 2018, 1984 pp, ISBN: 9781496370983 (hardcover)
The Drug War in Latin America: Hegemony and Global Capitalism
WILLIAM AVILÉS
Routledge, 2018, 190 pp, ISBN: 9781138209824 (hardcover); ASIN: B0765ZVFHJ (Kindle)
The Family Addiction Guidebook
THOMAS F. HARRISON
Regalade Publishing, 2018, 232 pp, ISBN: 9780999121504 (paperback)
The Trials of Psychedelic Therapy: LSD Psychotherapy in America
MATTHEW ORAM
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018, 269 pp, ISBN: 978-1421426204 (hardcover); ASIN: B07H44D4JH (Kindle)
This Baby Doll Will Be a Junkie: Report of an Art and Research Project on Addiction and Spaces of Violence
ULRIKE MÖNTMANN AND PETER WEIBEL
De Gruyter, 2018, 386 pp, ISBN: 9783110546255 (paperback)
Time-release History of the Opioid Epidemic (Series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science)
J.N. CAMPBELL AND STEVEN M. ROONEY
Springer, 2018, 134 pp, ISBN: 9783319917870 (paperback); ASIN: B07DMTG8DX (Kindle)
Towards More Effective Global Drug Policies
CAROLINE CHATWIN
Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, 246 pp, ISBN: 9783319920719 (hardcover); ASIN: B07D9DC285 (Kindle)
Twelve Step Recovery and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Looking for the Similarities
JOHN ELFORD
CreateSpace, 2018, 228 pp, ISBN: 978-1721623693 (paperback); ISBN: 1721623698 (Kindle)
War Stories from the Drug Survey: How Culture, Politics, and Statistics Shaped the National Survey on Drug Use and Health
JOSEPH GFROERER
Cambridge University Press, 2018, 200 pp, ISBN: 9781107122703 (hardcover); ISBN: 9781107553453 (paperback)
Wigmore on Cannabis: The Forensic Toxicology of Marijuana for Lawyers and Other Medicolegal Professionals
JAMES G. WIGMORE
Irwin Law, 2018, 554 pp, ISBN: 9781552214848 (paperback); ISBN: 9781552214855 (e-book)
Women's Drug and Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Analysis and Reflective Synthesis, 2nd edition
ANN M. PAGLIARO AND LOUIS A. PAGLIARO
Routledge, 2018, 569 pp, ISBN: 9781138908383 (paperback); ASIN: B075LXTWNC (Kindle)