Goode, Erich.

Drugs in American society / Erich Goode. - 8th ed. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c2012. - xvi, 457, [50] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Drug use: image and reality? -- Drug use : a sociological perspective? -- Drug use : a pharmacological perspective? -- Drugs in the news media? -- Methods, data, theories? -- How do we know it's true? : methods of research? -- Historical trends in drug consumption? -- Theories of drug use? -- Drugs and their use? -- Alcohol and tobacco? -- Marijuana, LSD, and club drugs? -- Stimulants : amphetamine, methamphetamine, cocaine, and crack? -- Heroin and the narcotics? -- The pharmaceutical neuroleptics : sedatives, hypnotics, antipsychotics, and antidepressants? -- Crime and drug control? -- Controlling drug use : the historical context? -- Drugs and crime : what's the connection?? -- The illicit drug industry? -- Law enforcement, drug courts, and drug treatment? -- Legalization, decriminalization, and harm reduction?

9780078111549 (pbk.) 0078111544 (pbk.)


Drug abuse--United States.
Drugs--United States.
Drug utilization--United States.
Drug abuse and crime--United States.

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