Title: Confronting the drug control establishment
Description: "Confronting the Drug Control Establishment is a biography of Alfred R. Lindesmith and an intellectual history of his times. A sociologist at Indiana University, Lindesmith believed legal prohibition of addictive drugs was futile and wrote widely on the threat to democracy inherent in such a policy." "Throughout his life Lindesmith attempted to utilize his research for the creation of more rational and humane drug control laws. His consistent message was that the addict's self-concept is a central element in human addiction. Lindesmith felt that an overriding influence on an addict's self-concept is a fear of withdrawal, which keeps an addict from seeking treatment and becomes a key driving force in the drug problem."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Social psychologists, Drug legalization, Biography, Sociologists, Opium abuse, Psychosociologues, Biographies, Sociologues, Opiomanie, Drogues, Légalisation, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Social Scientists & Psychologists, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Regional Studies, Anthropology, General, Drogenpolitik, Drug and Narcotic Control, Opioid-Related Disorders, Social Psychology, Sociology, Sociology & Social History, Social Sciences, Social Change, Sociologists, biography
Places: United States
People: Alfred Ray Lindesmith (1905-)