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 62
... harming or threatening one's mind or body in some significant way . Or so the term seems to imply . Some definitions of drug abuse are , indeed , based on the criterion of harm . According to this criterion , drug abuse is defined by ...
... harming or threatening one's mind or body in some significant way . Or so the term seems to imply . Some definitions of drug abuse are , indeed , based on the criterion of harm . According to this criterion , drug abuse is defined by ...
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... harm . Drug use may be a problem in two senses . First , objectively : It may cause harm to users and to the society ; it may kill people , cause medical damage , and lead to behavior that saps a community's vitality . And second ...
... harm . Drug use may be a problem in two senses . First , objectively : It may cause harm to users and to the society ; it may kill people , cause medical damage , and lead to behavior that saps a community's vitality . And second ...
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... harmful as is widely believed ; in fact , the harm they do is vastly less than that caused by the legal drugs , especially alcohol and tobacco . The point is true in the narrow sense ( although Nadelmann does adopt a far lower estimate ...
... harmful as is widely believed ; in fact , the harm they do is vastly less than that caused by the legal drugs , especially alcohol and tobacco . The point is true in the narrow sense ( although Nadelmann does adopt a far lower estimate ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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