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 149
... criminal activity ; there was a perfect stepwise relationship here . The more the respondent used a given drug , the greater was his likelihood of engaging in criminal behavior , in more serious criminal behavior , and in a range of ...
... criminal activity ; there was a perfect stepwise relationship here . The more the respondent used a given drug , the greater was his likelihood of engaging in criminal behavior , in more serious criminal behavior , and in a range of ...
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... criminal behavior ? Of course it is . Pharmacologically , alcohol is a drug , but this is not what people who believe that drug use causes criminal behavior mean when they state the generalization . Clearly , what seems like a simple ...
... criminal behavior ? Of course it is . Pharmacologically , alcohol is a drug , but this is not what people who believe that drug use causes criminal behavior mean when they state the generalization . Clearly , what seems like a simple ...
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... criminal activity of addicts . The view that addicts are " inherently " criminal is totally without foundation . The Harrison Act and the legal decisions that followed in its wake created a class of criminal addicts . Beginning in the ...
... criminal activity of addicts . The view that addicts are " inherently " criminal is totally without foundation . The Harrison Act and the legal decisions that followed in its wake created a class of criminal addicts . Beginning in the ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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