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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... crack cocaine- addicted mothers can be looked at . The objectivist - constructionist controversy need not pre- sent contradictory versions of what the facts are ; most often , the controversy is about what aspects of the world are most ...
... crack cocaine- addicted mothers can be looked at . The objectivist - constructionist controversy need not pre- sent contradictory versions of what the facts are ; most often , the controversy is about what aspects of the world are most ...
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... cocaine intranasally when it is available and abstaining when it is not , they say , " is comparable to that experienced by many people with peanuts and potato chips " ( p . 140 ) . Contemporary research ... COCAINE , AND CRACK 283 CRACK.
... cocaine intranasally when it is available and abstaining when it is not , they say , " is comparable to that experienced by many people with peanuts and potato chips " ( p . 140 ) . Contemporary research ... COCAINE , AND CRACK 283 CRACK.
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... crack is inversely correlated with education and socioeconomic status . " Try it once and you're hooked for life ! ” “ Once you start you can't stop ! " Slogans such as these are repeated about crack so often that ... COCAINE , AND CRACK 285.
... crack is inversely correlated with education and socioeconomic status . " Try it once and you're hooked for life ! ” “ Once you start you can't stop ! " Slogans such as these are repeated about crack so often that ... COCAINE , AND CRACK 285.
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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