ABSTRACT

The publication of this book was triggered by the 11th Annual Clinical Pharmacy Sym­ posium organized and conducted by the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Tallahassee, Florida, held during March 6 to 10, 1986. The symposium provided a forum in which several nationally known health professionals, social workers, and scientists gathered together and discussed and analyzed the scientific and social issues of “ drug abuse” . Ms. Elaine M. Johnson, Acting Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, Rockville, Maryland, was the keynote speaker of the opening session and addressed the national perspective of drug abuse. The theme of the symposium focused primarily on the subject of cocaine and marijuana.