Machine generated contents note: GoodeDrugs in American Society, 9eCONTENTSPreface and AcknowledgmentsPart One: A HISTORY OF DRUG USE AND DRUG CONTROL1) A History of Drug Use 2) A History of Drug Control Part Two: THREE PERSPECTIVES ON DRUG USE 3) The Pharmacological Perspective4) The Sociologist Looks at Drug Use5) Drugs in the MediaPart Three: METHODS, DATA, THEORIES6) Studying Drug Use7) Explaining Drug UsePart Four: DRUGS AND THEIR USE8) Legal Drugs Use: Alcohol and Tobacco9) Prescription Drugs10) Marijuana, LSD, and Club Drugs11) Stimulants: Amphetamine, Methamphetamine, Cocaine and Crack 12) Heroin and the NarcoticsPart Five: DRUGS, CRIME, AND DRUG CONTROL13) Drugs and Crime 14) Trafficking in Illicit Drugs15) Law Enforcement, Drug Courts, and Drug Treatment16) Legalization, Decriminalization, and Harm Reduction GlossaryReferencesPhoto CreditsName IndexSubject Index.
یادداشتهای مربوط به کتابنامه ، واژه نامه و نمایه های داخل اثر
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"A study of drug use is also crucial from a policy standpoint. It is in fact, a life-or-death proposition. Drug abuse can kill. In addition, drug use, whether directly or indirectly, often spawns a swarming host of sub-lethal problems: disease, poor quality of life, enslavement to a chemical, lower academic and job performance, victimization by robbers, rapists, and all other manner of violent offenders, the fear by residents of a community for their safety, the fear of leaving their homes at night, and subversion of friendship, romantic, and family relations. In the United States alone, smoking claims over 400,000 victims a year--and gradually, in response to studies on the medical harms of smoking, year by year, smokers are giving up the deadly habit"--
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"Drugs in American Society is a sociological introduction to the use of psychoactive substances in the United States that takes the focus out of the lab and onto the street. Throughout the book, personal accounts tell the stories of drug use and the impact that it has on the lives of users. The book also contrasts the image of drugs in society, particularly in the news media, and the reality of drug use itself"--
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
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Drug abuse and crime-- United States.
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Drug abuse-- United States.
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Drug utilization-- United States.
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Drugs-- United States.
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Betäubungsmittelrecht
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Drogenkonsum
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Drogenkriminalität
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Drogenmissbrauch
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Drug abuse and crime.
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Drug abuse.
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Drug utilization.
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Drugs.
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Rauschgift
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Sociology-- General.
نام جغرافیایی به منزله موضوع
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United States.
موضوع مستند نشده
USA
بدون عنوان
7
بدون عنوان
7
رده بندی ديویی
شماره
362
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290973
ويراست
23
رده بندی کنگره
شماره رده
HV5825
نشانه اثر
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G63
2014
سایر رده بندی ها
شماره رده
SOC026000
کد سيستم
bisacsh
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )