Alcohol and Drug Use—Is There a `Safe' Amount?

AUTOR(ES)

Becker, Charles E.

RESUMO

All human endeavors are associated with quantifiable risks. Knowledge of the risk is essential for personal health maintenance. Nontherapeutic use of psychoactive drugs poses an important danger to individual persons and society. What are the quantitative estimates of these risks? Are they acceptable?

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