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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... patterns of behavior in interesting , and sometimes devastating , ways . At the same time , drug use cannot be understood in isolation , it must be understood as an aspect of human behavior , as a component of social networks , cultural ...
... patterns of behavior in interesting , and sometimes devastating , ways . At the same time , drug use cannot be understood in isolation , it must be understood as an aspect of human behavior , as a component of social networks , cultural ...
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... patterns of interaction within the system of drug distribution and use " ( p . 497 ) . In the systematic pattern , drug use is an aspect of — and it also accelerates — a way of life that is likely to be violent . This syn- drome ...
... patterns of interaction within the system of drug distribution and use " ( p . 497 ) . In the systematic pattern , drug use is an aspect of — and it also accelerates — a way of life that is likely to be violent . This syn- drome ...
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... patterns of use - what made them distinctive , how they accomplished this seemingly impossible feat . They had been using opiate drugs for an average of more than seven years ; for four and a half years , they had been using them on a ...
... patterns of use - what made them distinctive , how they accomplished this seemingly impossible feat . They had been using opiate drugs for an average of more than seven years ; for four and a half years , they had been using them on a ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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