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 42
... ( Opium and Derivatives ) : opium , morphine , heroin , codeine Narcotics - opioids ( synthetic and semisynthetic narcotics ) : methadone , fentanyl , Demerol ( meperidine ) , Darvon , Dilaudid Non - narcotic analgesics : aspirin ...
... ( Opium and Derivatives ) : opium , morphine , heroin , codeine Narcotics - opioids ( synthetic and semisynthetic narcotics ) : methadone , fentanyl , Demerol ( meperidine ) , Darvon , Dilaudid Non - narcotic analgesics : aspirin ...
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... Opium is grown in and imported mainly from Southeast Asia ( the " Golden Triangle " of Laos , Burma , and Thailand ) ... opium are opiates , and they include , aside from opium itself , morphine , heroin , codeine , Dilaudid ( a ...
... Opium is grown in and imported mainly from Southeast Asia ( the " Golden Triangle " of Laos , Burma , and Thailand ) ... opium are opiates , and they include , aside from opium itself , morphine , heroin , codeine , Dilaudid ( a ...
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... 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 as a whole , addicts for the most part did not display ...
... 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 as a whole , addicts for the most part did not display ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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