Drugs in American SocietyGoode's Drugs in American Society 7/e is a well-respected, brief investigation of the full range of psychoactive drug use; from legal, medical and perscription use to criminal, recreational use and from casual use to addiction. Objective pro and con accounts on important issues like treatment, education, rehabilitation, and legalization give students a thorough understanding of the topics. The new seventh edition continues to provide the most balanced and up-to-date coverage in an accessible, engaging style. |
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Page 12
... Abuse " is a specific subset or type of use . But how exactly should abuse be defined ? A great deal of nonsense has been written about this distinction . Some observers argue that abuse is the use of a psychoactive substance outside a ...
... Abuse " is a specific subset or type of use . But how exactly should abuse be defined ? A great deal of nonsense has been written about this distinction . Some observers argue that abuse is the use of a psychoactive substance outside a ...
Page 79
... Abuse In a National Institute on Drug Abuse ( NIDA ) publication ( Lettieri , Sayers , and Pearson , 1980 ) , one theory of drug abuse was conspicuously absent : conflict theory . This perspec- tive is distinctly " macro " in its ...
... Abuse In a National Institute on Drug Abuse ( NIDA ) publication ( Lettieri , Sayers , and Pearson , 1980 ) , one theory of drug abuse was conspicuously absent : conflict theory . This perspec- tive is distinctly " macro " in its ...
Page 82
... abuse flourishes in response to what some have come to see as the hopeless- ness and despair of the reality of everyday life for the underclass . A crucial assumption of the conflict approach to drug abuse is that there are two over ...
... abuse flourishes in response to what some have come to see as the hopeless- ness and despair of the reality of everyday life for the underclass . A crucial assumption of the conflict approach to drug abuse is that there are two over ...
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