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 125
... United States . First , it is more difficult to obtain prescriptions for psychoactive drugs here than in many other countries ; and second , prescription drugs are nearly always more expensive here than in other coun- tries . Hence ...
... United States . First , it is more difficult to obtain prescriptions for psychoactive drugs here than in many other countries ; and second , prescription drugs are nearly always more expensive here than in other coun- tries . Hence ...
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... United States , users may obtain medicines in a border town , bring them to the United States , and take them instead of the more expensive drugs their physician prescribes . It is the illegal recreational use of psychoactive drugs that ...
... United States , users may obtain medicines in a border town , bring them to the United States , and take them instead of the more expensive drugs their physician prescribes . It is the illegal recreational use of psychoactive drugs that ...
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... United Kingdom and the Netherlands . They've worked there , I've been told , why not here in the United States ? The " British system " is often invoked as an example of drug decriminalization . It is not . To begin with , the only ...
... United Kingdom and the Netherlands . They've worked there , I've been told , why not here in the United States ? The " British system " is often invoked as an example of drug decriminalization . It is not . To begin with , the only ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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