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 69
... death than is a single episode of alcohol or - especially— tobacco use . This fact may contribute to the greater fear and panic the public feels toward them as compared with the legal drugs . Of course , this may in part be due to the ...
... death than is a single episode of alcohol or - especially— tobacco use . This fact may contribute to the greater fear and panic the public feels toward them as compared with the legal drugs . Of course , this may in part be due to the ...
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... deaths . ( Autopsies performed by areas that are included in the DAWN program make up 70 percent of all autopsies that are performed in the United States . ) If drugs are thought by the medical examiner to have been a factor in the death ...
... deaths . ( Autopsies performed by areas that are included in the DAWN program make up 70 percent of all autopsies that are performed in the United States . ) If drugs are thought by the medical examiner to have been a factor in the death ...
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... death . In fact , alcohol use has been " empirically linked to an array of serious and fatal injuries " ( Health and Human Services , 1994 , p . 234 ) . Coroners ' reports permit the empirical link between recent alcohol consumption and ...
... death . In fact , alcohol use has been " empirically linked to an array of serious and fatal injuries " ( Health and Human Services , 1994 , p . 234 ) . Coroners ' reports permit the empirical link between recent alcohol consumption and ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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