First published in 1986, Controversies in Alcoholism and Substance Abuse presents a collection of papers dealing with various aspects of alcohol and substance abuse.It covers crucial themes like -1) the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and heroin addiction; 2) the effects of widespread cocaine use; 3) social use of marijuana; 4) early identification of and efficacy of treatment for alcoholism; and 5) the effects of social drinking during pregnancy on the fetus.This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of addiction studies, psychology, sociology of addiction and specially those who wants to know about the advances made in the 1980s in the study of alcohol and substance abuse.