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 61
... drug effects . For example , if we were to define drugs by the criteri- on of psychoactive effects , we cannot arbitrarily decide that clouds , a glass of water , or the words on this page are drugs . The substances within each drug ...
... drug effects . For example , if we were to define drugs by the criteri- on of psychoactive effects , we cannot arbitrarily decide that clouds , a glass of water , or the words on this page are drugs . The substances within each drug ...
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... drug industry sold over $ 90 billion worth of drugs each year at the retail level . According to Pharmacy Times , 2.5 billion prescriptions were written in the United States in 1996 ; about one in seven of these drugs is psychoactive ...
... drug industry sold over $ 90 billion worth of drugs each year at the retail level . According to Pharmacy Times , 2.5 billion prescriptions were written in the United States in 1996 ; about one in seven of these drugs is psychoactive ...
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... drug use ; in fact , as a general rule , legal drugs are used far more often by far more people than illegal drugs . Tobacco ( which contains nicotine ) and alcohol are the two most frequently and widely used legal psychoactive drugs ...
... drug use ; in fact , as a general rule , legal drugs are used far more often by far more people than illegal drugs . Tobacco ( which contains nicotine ) and alcohol are the two most frequently and widely used legal psychoactive drugs ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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