The social value of drug addicts : the uses of the useless /
Singer, Merrill,author.
Page, J. Bryan,1947-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: IntroductionChapter 1. The Social Construction of Drug ConsumersChapter 2. Drug Users through the Ages: When Did Addicts Become a Separate Category?Chapter 3. Representations of Addicts and the Construction of ProhibitionsChapter 4. Imagine That: Drug Users and LiteratureChapter 5. Picture This: Pictorial Construction of Drug Users in the World of FilmChapter 6. The Legal Construction of Drug Users:Policy, the Courts, Incarcerating Institutions, Police Practice, and the War on DrugsChapter 7. Drug Users in Social Science: The Others We've MadeConclusionReferencesIndexAbout the Authors.
Drug addicts.
Social values.
Drug abuse