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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 24
Page 194
... nicotine ; the tobacco leaf contains roughly 1 percent nicotine by weight . In the dosages normally taken , nicotine does not produce a profoundly psychoactive effect on users . The short - term or acute effects of small doses of nicotine ...
... nicotine ; the tobacco leaf contains roughly 1 percent nicotine by weight . In the dosages normally taken , nicotine does not produce a profoundly psychoactive effect on users . The short - term or acute effects of small doses of nicotine ...
Page 195
... nicotine . Nicotine is a poison ; if injected directly into the bloodstream , roughly 60 mil- ligrams is the lethal dose , that is , sufficient to kill a human being . Since cigarettes are smoked , a substantial proportion of its ...
... nicotine . Nicotine is a poison ; if injected directly into the bloodstream , roughly 60 mil- ligrams is the lethal dose , that is , sufficient to kill a human being . Since cigarettes are smoked , a substantial proportion of its ...
Page 196
... nicotine is less reinforcing than cocaine and heroin but more so than caffeine and marijuana . With respect to toler- ance , or the level of ingestion the user reaches to be comfortable , nicotine ranks nearly as high as heroin , and ...
... nicotine is less reinforcing than cocaine and heroin but more so than caffeine and marijuana . With respect to toler- ance , or the level of ingestion the user reaches to be comfortable , nicotine ranks nearly as high as heroin , and ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
Copyright | |
22 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
activities alcohol consumption American amphetamine arrest barbiturates become cannabis causal cause chemical cigarettes compulsive crack cocaine crime criminal behavior DAWN's death decline decriminalization deviant doses drinkers drinking drug abuse drug effects drug users drug's episodes experience extremely fact factors feel figures friends given drug Grinspoon hallucinogens harm hence heroin heroin addicts high school seniors illegal drugs illicit drugs Inciardi increased individuals influence instance Jessor legal drugs less likelihood major marijuana MDMA methadone maintenance methamphetamine methaqualone million National Household Survey nicotine nonusers opiates overdose patients pattern percent person physical dependence physicians population prescription produce psychedelic psychoactive drugs psychological recreational recreational drug researchers result roughly route of administration SAMHSA smoking social problems society someone specific street subculture substances theory therapeutic things tion tobacco treatment true United violence withdrawal women York