Drugs in American society
By: Erich Goode
Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
ISBN-13: 9780078111549
Subjects: Drugs; Drug abuse and crime; Drug abuse; Drug utilization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Drug use: image and reality?; title: Drug use : a sociological perspective?; title: Drug use : a pharmacological perspective?; title: Drugs in the news media?; title: Methods, data, theories?; title: How do we know it's true? : methods of research?; title: Historical trends in drug consumption?; title: Theories of drug use?; title: Drugs and their use?; title: Alcohol and tobacco?; title: Marijuana, LSD, and club drugs?; title: Stimulants : amphetamine, methamphetamine, cocaine, and crack?; title: Heroin and the narcotics?; title: The pharmaceutical neuroleptics : sedatives, hypnotics, antipsychotics, and antidepressants?; title: Crime and drug control?; title: Controlling drug use : the historical context?; title: Drugs and crime : what's the connection??; title: The illicit drug industry?; title: Law enforcement, drug courts, and drug treatment?; title: Legalization, decriminalization, and harm reduction?