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 157
... violent sex offenses seems indisputable . Alcohol and Violence : Exploring the Causal Links In all , the picture of alcohol's empirical link with violence is beyond question . But , once again , correlation does not prove causality ...
... violent sex offenses seems indisputable . Alcohol and Violence : Exploring the Causal Links In all , the picture of alcohol's empirical link with violence is beyond question . But , once again , correlation does not prove causality ...
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... violent behavior by developing a typology of the " drugs / violence nexus " ( 1985 ) . According to Goldstein , there are three different ways that drug use can cause violent behavior : the psychopharmacological , systemic , economic ...
... violent behavior by developing a typology of the " drugs / violence nexus " ( 1985 ) . According to Goldstein , there are three different ways that drug use can cause violent behavior : the psychopharmacological , systemic , economic ...
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... violence " is the violence of persons reacting violently to conditions that violate " ( 1990 , p . 71 ) . It would be inaccurate to say that such communities allow crack transactions and murders to take place in their midst ; however ...
... violence " is the violence of persons reacting violently to conditions that violate " ( 1990 , p . 71 ) . It would be inaccurate to say that such communities allow crack transactions and murders to take place in their midst ; however ...
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Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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