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 147
... causal relationship . Simply producing evidence revealing that drug users are more likely to commit crimes than nonusers is not enough ; correla- tion is not the same thing as causality . If anyone were to offer correlational evidence ...
... causal relationship . Simply producing evidence revealing that drug users are more likely to commit crimes than nonusers is not enough ; correla- tion is not the same thing as causality . If anyone were to offer correlational evidence ...
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... Causal Links In all , the picture of alcohol's empirical link with violence is beyond question . But , once again , correlation does not prove causality . What produces these massive and powerful links ? What is the causal mechanism ...
... Causal Links In all , the picture of alcohol's empirical link with violence is beyond question . But , once again , correlation does not prove causality . What produces these massive and powerful links ? What is the causal mechanism ...
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... causal or etiological connection is more difficult to establish . Does alcohol cause drinkers to engage in violent , dangerous , criminal behavior ? Or is some other causal mechanism at work here ? For instance , caffeine and tobacco ...
... causal or etiological connection is more difficult to establish . Does alcohol cause drinkers to engage in violent , dangerous , criminal behavior ? Or is some other causal mechanism at work here ? For instance , caffeine and tobacco ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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