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 8
... drugs usu- ally have a positive effect . But , they hold , illegal drugs taken for the purpose of getting high can have only disastrous consequences . The use of illegal drugs , this position holds , constitutes drug abuse ( Abadinsky ...
... drugs usu- ally have a positive effect . But , they hold , illegal drugs taken for the purpose of getting high can have only disastrous consequences . The use of illegal drugs , this position holds , constitutes drug abuse ( Abadinsky ...
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... Drug effects are depen- dent on a host of social and personal factors ; the pharmacology of drugs is contingent on who uses them , how , under what circumstances , in conjunction with what activities , and so on . A drug's full ...
... Drug effects are depen- dent on a host of social and personal factors ; the pharmacology of drugs is contingent on who uses them , how , under what circumstances , in conjunction with what activities , and so on . A drug's full ...
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... drug is , even though nicotine and alcohol are certainly drugs by at least one criterion - they both influence the workings of the human mind . Subjective definitions of drugs are objective in a second way as well : Usually , they are ...
... drug is , even though nicotine and alcohol are certainly drugs by at least one criterion - they both influence the workings of the human mind . Subjective definitions of drugs are objective in a second way as well : Usually , they are ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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