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 - April 2021
A Drunkard's Defense: Alcohol, Murder, and Medical Jurisprudence in Nineteenth-century America
MICHELE ROTUNDA
University of Massachusetts Press, 2021, 216 pp, ISBN: 9781625345530 (hardcover); ISBN: 9781625345547 (paperback)
Brexit and the Control of Tobacco Illicit Trade (Series: Springer Briefs in Law)
MARINA FOLTEA
Springer, 2020, 88 pp, ISBN: 9781013277658 (hardcover); ISBN: 9781013277641 (paperback); ASIN: B089R6T1ZD (Kindle)
Chemical Youth: Navigating Uncertainty in Search of the Good Life (Series: Critical Studies in Risk and Uncertainty)
ANITA HARDON
Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, 341 pp, ISBN: 9783030570804 (hardcover); ASIN: B08L6JJLNL (Kindle)
Chronic Pain and Opioid Management: Strategies for Integrated Treatment
JENNIFER L. MURPHY AND SAMANTHA RAFIE
American Psychological Association, 2021, 212 pp, ISBN: 9781433832567 (paperback)
Debating the Drug War: Race, Politics, and Media (Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues)
MICHAEL ROSINO
Routledge, 2021, 196 pp, ISBN: 9781138239685 (hardcover); ISBN: 9781138239692 (paperback)
Delinquency and Substance Use in Europe: Understanding Risk and Protective Factors
DAVID P. FARRINGTON, HARRIE JONKMAN, AND FREDERICK GROEGER-ROTH, eds.
Springer, 2021, 175 pp, ISBN: 9783030584412 (hardcover); ASIN: B08MKWSR57 (Kindle)
Dirty Tobacco: Spies, Lies and Mega-profits
TELITA SNYCKERS
Tafelberg, 2020, 341 pp, ISBN: 9780624088936 (hardcover); ASIN: B08NV44L9X (Kindle
Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear
CARL L. HART
Penguin Press, 2021, 304 pp, ISBN: 9781101981641 (hardcover); ASIN: B088QLTSQN (Kindle)
Drugs and Drug Policy: The Control of Consciousness Alteration, 3rd edition
CLAYTON J. MOSHER AND SCOTT M. AKINS
SAGE, 2020, 688 pp, ISBN: 9781544351124 (paperback); ASIN: B08P24GRSF (Kindle)
Drugs and Thugs: The History and Future of America's War on Drugs
RUSSELL CRANDALL
Yale University Press, 2021, 520 pp, ISBN: 9780300240344 (paperback); ASIN: B08KFNQSDR (Kindle)
Handbook of Alcohol Use and Abuse: Understandings from Synapse to Society
DANIEL FRINGS AND IAN ALBERY
Elsevier Academic Press, 2021, 678 pp, ISBN: 9780128167205 (paperback)
Handbook of Medical Hallucinogens
CHARLES S. GROB AND JIM GRIGSBY, eds.
Guilford Press, 2021, 556 pp, ISBN: 9781462545445 (hardcover); ASIN: B08QTT22XF (Kindle)
Internet Addiction: A Critical Psychology of Users (Series: Concepts for Critical Psychology)
EMALINE FRIEDMAN
Routledge, 2021, 130 pp, ISBN: 9780367172916 (hardcover); ISBN: 9780367172954 (paperback); ASIN: B08QQ84ZMR (Kindle)
It Takes a Family: Creating Lasting Sobriety, Togetherness, and Happiness, 2nd edition
DEBRA JAY
Hazelden Publishing, 2021, 340 pp, ISBN: 9781616499129 (paperback); ASIN: B08C1G2LGD (Kindle)
Killing Season: A Paramedic's Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic
PETER CANNING
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021, 320 pp, ISBN: 9781421439853 (hardcover); ASIN: B08BMF3QRQ (Kindle)
Law, Drugs, and the Politics of Childhood: From Protection to Punishment (Series: New Advances in Crime and Social Harm)
SIMON FLACKS
Routledge, 2021, 200 pp, ISBN: 9780367243784 (hardcover)
Learning the Language of Addiction Counseling, 5th edition
GERI MILLER
Wiley, 2021, 656 pp, ISBN: 9781119433033 (paperback); ASIN: B08PNXVHRJ (e-Textbook)
Loosening the Grip: A Handbook of Alcohol Information, 12th edition
JEAN KINNEY
Outskirts Press, 2020, 670 pp, ISBN: 9781977221209 (paperback)
Marijuana Law and Policy
DOUGLAS A. BERMAN AND ALEX KREIT
Carolina Academic Press, 2020, 820 pp, ISBN: 9781531010379 (hardcover); ASIN: B08GX6ZTZ6 (Kindle)
Medical Marijuana: A Clinical Handbook
SAMOON AHMAD AND KEVIN P. HILL
Wolters Kluwer, 2021, 512 pp, ISBN: 9781975141899 (paperback); ASIN: B08DW9GLZM (Kindle)
Opioid Use and Misuse in the Medicare System
TOM FREITAG
Nova Science, 2020, 290 pp, ISBN: 9781536168587 (hardcover)
Our Love Affair with Drugs: The History, the Science, the Politics
JERROLD WINTER
Oxford University Press, 2020, 216 pp, ISBN: 978-0190051464 (hardcover); ASIN: B07XVPLLDN (Kindle)
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: A Clinician's Guide
MANSFIELD MELA
American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2021, 435 pp, ISBN: 9781615372393 (paperback)
Principles of Health: Prescription Drug Abuse
PATRICIA STANFILL EDENS
Salem Press, 2021, 400 pp, ISBN: 9781642659252 (hardcover)
Psychedelic Refugee: The League for Spiritual Discovery, the 1960s Cultural Revolution, and 23 Years on the Run
ROSEMARY WOODRUFF LEARY AND DAVID F. PHILLIPS
Park Street Press, 2021, 352 pp, ISBN: 9781644111802 (paperback); ASIN: B0868V8FHK (Kindle)
Psychedelic Tricksters: A True Secret History of LSD
DAVID BLACK
Independently published, 2020, 222 pp, ISBN: 979-8644778768 (paperback); ASIN: B0892B9T5C (Kindle)
Research Handbook on International Drug Policy
DAVID R. BEWLEY-TAYLOR AND KHALID TINASTI, eds.
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020, 432 pp, ISBN: 9781788117050 (hardcover)
Smokeless Tobacco Products: Characteristics, Usage, Health Effects, and Regulatory Implications (Series: Emerging Issues in Analytical Chemistry)
WALLACE B. PICKWORTH, ed.
Elsevier, 2020, 240 pp, ISBN: 9780128181584 (paperback); ASIN: B0845TG94Z (Kindle)
Sociological Perspectives on Substance Abuse and College Life: An Ethnographic Investigation
PATRICK O’BRIEN
Self-published, 2019, 274 pp, ISBN: 9781732977532 (paperback)
Substance Use Disorders: A Biopsychosocial Perspective
PERRY M. DUNCAN
Cambridge University Press, 2021, 846 pp, ISBN: 9780521877770 (hardcover); ISBN: 9781108819091 (paperback); ASIN: B08GG8SB6M (ebook)
Take Control of Your Drinking: A Practical Guide to Alcohol Moderation and Sobriety, and When to Get Professional Help, 2nd edition
MICHAEL S. LEVY
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021, 304 pp, ISBN: 9781421439433 (hardcover); ISBN: 9781421439440 (paperback); ASIN: B08BMH3C6G (Kindle)
Taxing Sin
MICHAEL THOM
Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, 222 pp, ISBN: 9783030491758 (paperback); ASIN: B08PCPD69B (Kindle)
Textbook of Addiction Treatment: International Perspectives, 2nd edition
NADY EL-GUEBALY, GIUSEPPE CARRÀ, MARC GALANTER, AND ALEXANDER M. BALDACCHINO, eds.
Springer, 2021, 1585 pp, ISBN: 9783030363901 (hardcover); ASIN: B08MQ2J2NS (Kindle)
The American Psychiatric Association Publishing Textbook of Substance Use Disorder Treatment, 6th edition
KATHLEEN BRADY, FRANCES R. LEVIN, MARC GALANTER, AND HERBERT D. KLEBER, eds.
American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2021, 912 pp, ISBN: 9781615372218 (hardcover)
The Casino and Society in Britain (Series: Routledge Studies in Modern British History)
SEAMUS MURPHY
Routledge, 2021, 234 pp, ISBN: 9781138318953 (hardcover); ASIN: B08MVDL14N (Kindle)
The Drug Propaganda: Drug War (Vol. 2)
DAN RUSSELL
Self-published, 2019, 255 pp, ISBN: 9781072044765 (paperback)
The Drug Propaganda: Prohibition (Vol. 1)
DAN RUSSELL
Self-published, 2019, 285 pp, ISBN: 9781071435212 (paperback)
The Japanese Guide to Healthy Drinking: Advice from a Sake-loving Doctor on How Alcohol Can Be Good for You
KAORI HAISHI AND SHINICHI ASABE
Robinson, 2021, 288 pp, ISBN: 978-1472144560 (hardcover)
The Narcotic Farm: The Rise and Fall of America's First Prison for Drug Addicts
NANCY D. CAMPBELL, JAMES P. OLSEN, AND LUKE WALDEN
University Press of Kentucky, 2021, 208 pp, ISBN: 9781949669244 (hardcover); South Limestone, 2021, 66239KB, ASIN: B0892SGD23 (Kindle); originally published 2008