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 13
... juana harmful ? " " Which is the most dangerous drug known ? " " Is alcohol safer than marijuana ? ” “ Should drugs be legalized ? " As we'll see in this book , these questions have no easy answers because we have to set up meaningful ...
... juana harmful ? " " Which is the most dangerous drug known ? " " Is alcohol safer than marijuana ? ” “ Should drugs be legalized ? " As we'll see in this book , these questions have no easy answers because we have to set up meaningful ...
Page 128
... juana once or more in the past year , and just under a quarter ( 24 percent ) had used it at least once during the previous month . Among high school seniors , the use of cocaine was barely a tenth as great as the use of marijuana . As ...
... juana once or more in the past year , and just under a quarter ( 24 percent ) had used it at least once during the previous month . Among high school seniors , the use of cocaine was barely a tenth as great as the use of marijuana . As ...
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... juana use and attitudes toward legalization are reflections of one another ; the former , in turn , has stiffened adult attitudes against marijuana legalization . Nadelmann ( 1989 , p . 945 ) includes the legalization of marijuana as ...
... juana use and attitudes toward legalization are reflections of one another ; the former , in turn , has stiffened adult attitudes against marijuana legalization . Nadelmann ( 1989 , p . 945 ) includes the legalization of marijuana as ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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