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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... methaqualone are still regarded as more dangerous and abusable than the tranquilizers . Two sedatives that were widely used both legally and illegally in the 1970s are methaqualone and the barbiturates . Barbiturates are defined as ...
... methaqualone are still regarded as more dangerous and abusable than the tranquilizers . Two sedatives that were widely used both legally and illegally in the 1970s are methaqualone and the barbiturates . Barbiturates are defined as ...
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... methaqualone was implicated during the same period has been even more precipitous . ( As we saw , methaqualone has not been pre- scribed by physicians in the United States since late 1985. ) Emergency department episodes and lethal ...
... methaqualone was implicated during the same period has been even more precipitous . ( As we saw , methaqualone has not been pre- scribed by physicians in the United States since late 1985. ) Emergency department episodes and lethal ...
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... methaqualone use . ) The decline in the recreational use of methaqualone lagged a few years behind its spectacular decline in prescription use . In 1972 , one of the trade names of methaqualone , Quaalude , ranked 112th among the ...
... methaqualone use . ) The decline in the recreational use of methaqualone lagged a few years behind its spectacular decline in prescription use . In 1972 , one of the trade names of methaqualone , Quaalude , ranked 112th among the ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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