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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... street vary enor- mously in purity . Consequently , it is misleading to discuss the ingestion of a given drug by itself , because two users may have taken a dose , sample , or batch of the same size that varied in purity and hence ...
... street vary enor- mously in purity . Consequently , it is misleading to discuss the ingestion of a given drug by itself , because two users may have taken a dose , sample , or batch of the same size that varied in purity and hence ...
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... street name ( or names ) , a slang term . For instance , chlorpro- mazine ( generic name ) , an antipsychotic or " major " tranquilizer included among the phenoth- iazines ( category name ) , is known to chemists as 10- ( 3 ...
... street name ( or names ) , a slang term . For instance , chlorpro- mazine ( generic name ) , an antipsychotic or " major " tranquilizer included among the phenoth- iazines ( category name ) , is known to chemists as 10- ( 3 ...
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... Street Cocaine World Generally It is not only the world of drug dealing in which violence is common ( although this is especially the case ) ; so is the street world of drug abuse generally - and even more specifically , the street ...
... Street Cocaine World Generally It is not only the world of drug dealing in which violence is common ( although this is especially the case ) ; so is the street world of drug abuse generally - and even more specifically , the street ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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