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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... percent . 2 No correlation exists between marijuana use and criminal behavior ; marijuana users are statistically no more likely to commit non - drug crimes than marijuana abstainers are . ( False ) . Right , 48 percent ; wrong , 52 percent ...
... percent . 2 No correlation exists between marijuana use and criminal behavior ; marijuana users are statistically no more likely to commit non - drug crimes than marijuana abstainers are . ( False ) . Right , 48 percent ; wrong , 52 percent ...
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... percent ) than those living in households with incomes of under $ 20,000 ( 54 percent ) . A considerably higher proportion of respondents in the Gallup Poll with some education beyond college said that they drank an alcoholic beverage ...
... percent ) than those living in households with incomes of under $ 20,000 ( 54 percent ) . A considerably higher proportion of respondents in the Gallup Poll with some education beyond college said that they drank an alcoholic beverage ...
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... percent ) tested positive for methamphetamine , and a fifth of those arrested in Phoenix ( 20 per- cent ) ; however , that year , the figure was 0 percent for arrestees in Miami , Cleveland , New Orleans , and Chicago , and one - tenth ...
... percent ) tested positive for methamphetamine , and a fifth of those arrested in Phoenix ( 20 per- cent ) ; however , that year , the figure was 0 percent for arrestees in Miami , Cleveland , New Orleans , and Chicago , and one - tenth ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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