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 82
... women are seen from the perspective of inequality . Sociologists see women as subordinate to men in the sense that they have wield less power and control fewer resources . Moreover , this differ- ence is structural rather than ...
... women are seen from the perspective of inequality . Sociologists see women as subordinate to men in the sense that they have wield less power and control fewer resources . Moreover , this differ- ence is structural rather than ...
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... women are different ; in this respect , the study of drug use would be regarded as no dif- ferent from the study of any disease , such as cancer , heart disease , or depression . In the medical , epidemiological , and psychiatric ...
... women are different ; in this respect , the study of drug use would be regarded as no dif- ferent from the study of any disease , such as cancer , heart disease , or depression . In the medical , epidemiological , and psychiatric ...
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... women ; hence , the stereotype , at least until the past two or three years , has been that AIDS is a male , especially male homosexual , disease . This has often led to women being " overlooked , " to quote Theresa McGovern , legal ...
... women ; hence , the stereotype , at least until the past two or three years , has been that AIDS is a male , especially male homosexual , disease . This has often led to women being " overlooked , " to quote Theresa McGovern , legal ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
POTENTIAL VERSUS REALLIFE EFFECTS | 7 |
A DOZEN PRINCIPLES OF CLEAR THINKING ABOUT DRUGS | 13 |
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