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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... addicts live . Half of predatory crime is caused by the addict , this reasoning goes ; therefore , by solving the drug problem , half of all ... heroin addicts living 168 PART ONE : INTRODUCTION The Correlation between Heroin Abuse and Crime.
... addicts live . Half of predatory crime is caused by the addict , this reasoning goes ; therefore , by solving the drug problem , half of all ... heroin addicts living 168 PART ONE : INTRODUCTION The Correlation between Heroin Abuse and Crime.
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Erich Goode. Finally , a study of 354 male heroin addicts living in Baltimore found an extremely strong association between addiction and crime . In their first addiction period , these addicts committed criminal offenses on an average ...
Erich Goode. Finally , a study of 354 male heroin addicts living in Baltimore found an extremely strong association between addiction and crime . In their first addiction period , these addicts committed criminal offenses on an average ...
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... heroin addicts were rarely violent ; their crimes , they argued , were property crimes - for the purpose of feeding their habit — rather than crimes of violence . Beginning in the early 1970s , it became clear that the heroin addict's ...
... heroin addicts were rarely violent ; their crimes , they argued , were property crimes - for the purpose of feeding their habit — rather than crimes of violence . Beginning in the early 1970s , it became clear that the heroin addict's ...
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Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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