Drugs in American SocietyThis edition probes the drug phenomenon in all its social, cultural and legal complexity. It covers the full range of psychoactive drug use, from legal medical and prescription use to criminal, recreational use, from casual use to addiction. |
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Page 115
... ( SAMHSA , 1997a , pp . 58-59 , 73 ) . The racial differences in the use of these two drugs were smaller than the SES differ- ences , but they were significant nonetheless . In SAMHSA's survey , African - Americans were about twice as ...
... ( SAMHSA , 1997a , pp . 58-59 , 73 ) . The racial differences in the use of these two drugs were smaller than the SES differ- ences , but they were significant nonetheless . In SAMHSA's survey , African - Americans were about twice as ...
Page 127
... SAMHSA of a later one , this shouldn't be confusing . Second , prior to 1991 , NIDA divided its sam- ple into three ... SAMHSA's National Household Survey uses more or less the same measures of drug use as the Monitoring the Future high ...
... SAMHSA of a later one , this shouldn't be confusing . Second , prior to 1991 , NIDA divided its sam- ple into three ... SAMHSA's National Household Survey uses more or less the same measures of drug use as the Monitoring the Future high ...
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... SAMHSA , 1996a , 1996b , 1997a ) . The fact is , the percentage of secondary school students who have used LSD at least once during the past month is extremely small ; in the Monitoring the Future study , since 1975 , this figure has ...
... SAMHSA , 1996a , 1996b , 1997a ) . The fact is , the percentage of secondary school students who have used LSD at least once during the past month is extremely small ; in the Monitoring the Future study , since 1975 , this figure has ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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