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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... mental " clouding , " a euphoric high , have a fairly narrow safety margin , and are physically addicting . The non - narcotic analgesics ( aspirin , acetaminophen and ibuprofen ) are less potent , cannot allay severe pain , do not ...
... mental " clouding , " a euphoric high , have a fairly narrow safety margin , and are physically addicting . The non - narcotic analgesics ( aspirin , acetaminophen and ibuprofen ) are less potent , cannot allay severe pain , do not ...
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... mental patients in residence on a given day in the nonfederal mental hospitals in the country ; that year , the phenoth- iazines were introduced to treat psychosis . The number of resident patients dropped every year after that until ...
... mental patients in residence on a given day in the nonfederal mental hospitals in the country ; that year , the phenoth- iazines were introduced to treat psychosis . The number of resident patients dropped every year after that until ...
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... mental illness , especially schizophrenia . In the mid - 1950s , on any given day , well over half a million patients were inmates in publicly funded mental hospitals ; today , this figure is close to 100,000 . Where are the majority of ...
... mental illness , especially schizophrenia . In the mid - 1950s , on any given day , well over half a million patients were inmates in publicly funded mental hospitals ; today , this figure is close to 100,000 . Where are the majority of ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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