Drugs in American SocietyGoode's "Drugs in American Society" 7/e is a well-respected, brief investigation of the full range of psychoactive drug use; from legal, medical and perscription use to criminal, recreational use and from casual use to addiction. Objective pro and con accounts on important issues like treatment, education, rehabilitation, and legalization give students a thorough understanding of the topics. The new seventh edition continues to provide the most balanced and up-to-date coverage in an accessible, engaging style. |
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Page 205
... Cigarettes had been available since the mid - 1800s , but during the second half of the nineteenth , and even into the early twentieth century , most tobacco was consumed in the form of cigars , pipe tobacco , chewing tobacco , and ...
... Cigarettes had been available since the mid - 1800s , but during the second half of the nineteenth , and even into the early twentieth century , most tobacco was consumed in the form of cigars , pipe tobacco , chewing tobacco , and ...
Page 209
... cigarettes is not sufficiently great as to represent a danger to human health ; that tar ( “ as such " ) does not exist in tobacco smoke ; and that carbon monoxide , present in cigarettes , is also present in " natural sources " as well ...
... cigarettes is not sufficiently great as to represent a danger to human health ; that tar ( “ as such " ) does not exist in tobacco smoke ; and that carbon monoxide , present in cigarettes , is also present in " natural sources " as well ...
Page 211
... cigarettes on the black market than food ; a large number of women prostituted themselves to obtain cigarettes ; and the overwhelming majority of those questioned said that it felt worse to do without cigarettes than alcohol . The ...
... cigarettes on the black market than food ; a large number of women prostituted themselves to obtain cigarettes ; and the overwhelming majority of those questioned said that it felt worse to do without cigarettes than alcohol . The ...
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