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 197
... tobacco causes roughly 430,000 premature deaths in the United States each year . This means that tobacco causes more deaths than all other drugs combined , and by a wide margin . The death toll from alcohol is in the 100,000-150,000 ...
... tobacco causes roughly 430,000 premature deaths in the United States each year . This means that tobacco causes more deaths than all other drugs combined , and by a wide margin . The death toll from alcohol is in the 100,000-150,000 ...
Page 200
... tobacco from legal , political , and economic assault are massive . In 1996 alone , the tobacco industry spent $ 600 million , employing 350 separate law- firms , to protect their business from lawsuits ( Feder , 1997b ) . On the basis ...
... tobacco from legal , political , and economic assault are massive . In 1996 alone , the tobacco industry spent $ 600 million , employing 350 separate law- firms , to protect their business from lawsuits ( Feder , 1997b ) . On the basis ...
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... tobacco as a drug ; Judge Osteen rejected every argument presented by the tobacco industry that would deny the FDA jurisdiction over nicotine as a drug . Interestingly , in the 1970s , as a private lawyer , prior to assuming the bench ...
... tobacco as a drug ; Judge Osteen rejected every argument presented by the tobacco industry that would deny the FDA jurisdiction over nicotine as a drug . Interestingly , in the 1970s , as a private lawyer , prior to assuming the bench ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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