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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... factors . Drugs never do anything in the abstract . While different drugs do have a certain potential for specific effects on humans , whether this potential is actually realized in real life is not a simple matter of pharmacology . All ...
... factors . Drugs never do anything in the abstract . While different drugs do have a certain potential for specific effects on humans , whether this potential is actually realized in real life is not a simple matter of pharmacology . All ...
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... factors . ) Pharmacologists , who study how drugs act on living tissue , examine several crucial , absolutely central factors or variables that influence drug effects . Depending on where a given drug - taking episode stands on each ...
... factors . ) Pharmacologists , who study how drugs act on living tissue , examine several crucial , absolutely central factors or variables that influence drug effects . Depending on where a given drug - taking episode stands on each ...
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... factors . In the early stages of substance use , early in ado- lescence , as I said above , the most important drugs used are beer and wine , and the most crucial causal factor is general peer climate . The less serious the drug use ...
... factors . In the early stages of substance use , early in ado- lescence , as I said above , the most important drugs used are beer and wine , and the most crucial causal factor is general peer climate . The less serious the drug use ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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