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 168
... narcotics — and you take away much of the nation's street crime , especially in the large cities , where most addicts live . Half of predatory crime is caused by the addict , this reasoning goes ; therefore , by solving the drug problem ...
... narcotics — and you take away much of the nation's street crime , especially in the large cities , where most addicts live . Half of predatory crime is caused by the addict , this reasoning goes ; therefore , by solving the drug problem ...
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... narcotics , according to DAWN , half of all trips to emergency room departments and medical examiners reports in which a narcotic is mentioned involved heroin . ) Thus , the narcotics , aside from heroin - such as Darvon , Percodan ...
... narcotics , according to DAWN , half of all trips to emergency room departments and medical examiners reports in which a narcotic is mentioned involved heroin . ) Thus , the narcotics , aside from heroin - such as Darvon , Percodan ...
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... narcotics and crime . There was a small population of opium smokers , consisting primarily of Chinese immigrants and of bohemian , literary , underworld , and demimonde figures , some of whom learned the habit from the Chinese . Taken ...
... narcotics and crime . There was a small population of opium smokers , consisting primarily of Chinese immigrants and of bohemian , literary , underworld , and demimonde figures , some of whom learned the habit from the Chinese . Taken ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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