Title: The war on drugs : heroin, cocaine, crime, and public policy /
Authors: Inciardi, James A.
Publisher: Mayfield Pub. Co.,
Year: 1986
Subjects: Heroin Dependence; Cocaine-Related Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Drug abuse United States; Drug control United States; Heroin abuse United States.; Cocaine abuse United States; Drug abuse and crime United States; Crime; United States
Abstract: In a series of dramas, key members of American society, law enforcement, and governement struggle to define the influence that these drugs have on our culture.
Contents: Preface -- ONE. FROM DOVER'S POWDER TO ECSTASY: The evolution of drug taking in the United States -- TWO. SHIT, SMACK, AND SUPERFLY: Perspectives on the nature of heroin and cocaine use -- THREE. THE VILIFICATION OF EUPHORIA: An inquiry into the creation of the American "Dope Fiend" -- FOUR. THE DRUGS -- CRIME CONNECTION: A journey into the street worlds of heroin, cocaine, and crime -- FIVE. HOOKER, WHORE, JUNKIE, THIEF; DEALER, DOPER, COCAINE FREAK: Some comments on prostitution and the enslavement theory of addiction -- SIX. FROM TINGO MARIA TO TEHERAN: The domestic and international implications of drug trafficking -- EPILOGUE. BACK TO THE FUTURE: Coping with the worlds of heroin, cocaine, and crime -- NAME INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX.