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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... drugs , this position holds , constitutes drug abuse ( Abadinsky , 1989 , pp . 2-3 , 5 ) . Indeed , according to this legalistic position , legal drugs are not even drugs . It is the law that determines what a drug is not its effects ...
... drugs , this position holds , constitutes drug abuse ( Abadinsky , 1989 , pp . 2-3 , 5 ) . Indeed , according to this legalistic position , legal drugs are not even drugs . It is the law that determines what a drug is not its effects ...
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... legal recreational drug ( again , excepting caffeine products ) , tobacco , is used by more individuals than are all illegal recreational drugs combined . In fact , of all drugs , tobacco , in the form of cigarettes , is used most ...
... legal recreational drug ( again , excepting caffeine products ) , tobacco , is used by more individuals than are all illegal recreational drugs combined . In fact , of all drugs , tobacco , in the form of cigarettes , is used most ...
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... drug is useful in medicine and should be available by prescription . Many drugs that were once prescribed by physicians ( methaqualone or Quaalude , for example ) are now no longer legally available . Legal instrumental use is the most ...
... drug is useful in medicine and should be available by prescription . Many drugs that were once prescribed by physicians ( methaqualone or Quaalude , for example ) are now no longer legally available . Legal instrumental use is the most ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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