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 14
... drugs , or to nonusers ; bad things will not necessarily happen when someone uses drugs or to some users . If very bad things always happened when drugs are used , or happened to all users , it is likely that use would be much lower ...
... drugs , or to nonusers ; bad things will not necessarily happen when someone uses drugs or to some users . If very bad things always happened when drugs are used , or happened to all users , it is likely that use would be much lower ...
Page 71
... drug - subcultural involvement . Conse- quently , their use of drugs other than marijuana is infrequent — for most , nonexistent . Heavy users , on the other hand , have many marijuana - using friends and friends who use other drugs as ...
... drug - subcultural involvement . Conse- quently , their use of drugs other than marijuana is infrequent — for most , nonexistent . Heavy users , on the other hand , have many marijuana - using friends and friends who use other drugs as ...
Page 276
... drug users do , or is not willing to pay the price to do anything about them . Moreover , this solution might reduce alcoholism and narcotic addiction but not the recrea- tional use of psychoactive drugs , such as weekend marijuana ...
... drug users do , or is not willing to pay the price to do anything about them . Moreover , this solution might reduce alcoholism and narcotic addiction but not the recrea- tional use of psychoactive drugs , such as weekend marijuana ...
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