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 41
... one's friends and acquaintances . Setting involves such matters as whether one takes a drug with friends or with strangers , in sur- roundings that are comfortable or uncomfortable ( one's living room or in a sterile hospital ...
... one's friends and acquaintances . Setting involves such matters as whether one takes a drug with friends or with strangers , in sur- roundings that are comfortable or uncomfortable ( one's living room or in a sterile hospital ...
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... one's life , both favorable and unfavorable - it is not unique to drug use . A more neutral term is peer influence . The fact that marijuana use flows from friend to friend , within and among social inti- mates , demonstrates the ...
... one's life , both favorable and unfavorable - it is not unique to drug use . A more neutral term is peer influence . The fact that marijuana use flows from friend to friend , within and among social inti- mates , demonstrates the ...
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... one's friends use , the greater is one's own use of marijuana . Marijuana is also part of a pattern of psychoactive drug use generally ; users are more likely to be drawn from circles of young people who have had experience with alcohol ...
... one's friends use , the greater is one's own use of marijuana . Marijuana is also part of a pattern of psychoactive drug use generally ; users are more likely to be drawn from circles of young people who have had experience with alcohol ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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