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 132
... declined between the late 1970s and the early 1990s , and stabi- lized or perhaps grew very slightly - into the mid - 1990s . ( The Monitoring the Future high school senior study did not begin studying college students until 1980 , so ...
... declined between the late 1970s and the early 1990s , and stabi- lized or perhaps grew very slightly - into the mid - 1990s . ( The Monitoring the Future high school senior study did not begin studying college students until 1980 , so ...
Page 258
... declined from 2.3 to 0.5 percent . However , lifetime use doubled between 1994 to 1996 , to 4.3 percent , and use ... declining . No doubt , authorities would attribute this decline to assigning this drug to Schedule I status in 1985 ...
... declined from 2.3 to 0.5 percent . However , lifetime use doubled between 1994 to 1996 , to 4.3 percent , and use ... declining . No doubt , authorities would attribute this decline to assigning this drug to Schedule I status in 1985 ...
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... declining . From 1966 to 1986 , the number of prescriptions written for Amytal , Seconal , Nembutal , and Tuinal dropped by 90 percent ; between 1987 and 1990 , it declined another 50 percent ; and in 1996 , the number of prescriptions ...
... declining . From 1966 to 1986 , the number of prescriptions written for Amytal , Seconal , Nembutal , and Tuinal dropped by 90 percent ; between 1987 and 1990 , it declined another 50 percent ; and in 1996 , the number of prescriptions ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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