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| Each chapter ends with a summary. | |
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| Preface | |
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| A Sociological Approach To Drug Use | |
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| The Sociological Study of Drug Use | |
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| A Sociological Approach to Studying Drug Use | |
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| Sociology and the Classification of Drugs | |
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| Understanding Social Concern about the ""Drug Problem"" | |
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| Summary: Sociologists on American Drug Use | |
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| A Brief History of Drug Use and Drug Control in America | |
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| Drugs Through the Ages | |
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| Nineteenth-Century America: A ""Dope Fiend's Paradise"" | |
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| The Twentieth Century: Age of Legal Repression and Experimentation | |
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| Classifying Psychoactive Drugs | |
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| Narcotics | |
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| Depressants | |
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| Stimulants | |
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| Hallucinogens | |
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| Marijuana | |
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| Other Mood- and Performance-Enhancing Drugs | |
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| Official and Unofficial Data Sources | |
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| Some Important Terms | |
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| Official Drug Use Statistics | |
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| Unofficial Drug Use Statistics | |
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| Theoretical Explanations for Drug Use and Addiction | |
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| Nature Theories | |
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| Biological Theories | |
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| Psychological Theories | |
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| Sociological Theories | |
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| SOCIAL CORRELATES OF DRUG USE | |
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| Demographic Correlates of Drug Use | |
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| Sex and Gender Correlates of Drug Use | |
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| Racial and Ethnic Correlates of Drug Use | |
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| Age Correlates of Drug Use | |
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| Social Class Correlates of Drug Use | |
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| Institutional Correlates of Drug Use | |
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| Drug Use among Medical Professionals | |
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| Drug Use in the Military | |
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| Drug Use in Law Enforcement | |
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| Drug Use and Religion | |
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| Drug Use and Sports | |
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| Health Correlates of Drug Use | |
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| Negative Health Consequences of Drug Use | |
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| Potential Health Benefits of Drugs | |
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| Economic Correlates of Drug Use | |
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| An Economic Cost-Benefit Analysis of Illicit Drugs | |
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| The Underground Economy of Illicit Drugs | |
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| Drugs in the Workplace | |
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| Cultural and Subcultural Correlates of Drug Use | |
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| What are Subcultures? | |
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| Three Subcultures of Drug Use | |
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| Drug-Using Careers | |
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| Violent and Criminal Correlates of Drug Use | |
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| Historical Understanding Drug Use, Crime, and Violence | |
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| Theoretical Understanding Drug Use, Crime, and Violence | |
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| Empirical Understanding Drug Use, Crime, and Violence | |
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| Drug Use, Crime, and Victimization | |
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| SOCIETAL RESPONSE TO DRUG USE | |
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| Legal Responses to Drug Problems: Prohibition, Legalization, and Decriminalization | |
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| The Importance of Policy in Understanding Drug Use in America | |
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| Prohibition | |
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| Legalization | |
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| Decriminalization | |
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| Harm Reduction: An Alternative Framework for Drug Policy | |
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| Therapeutic Responses to Drug Problems: Drug Treatment | |
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| History of Treatment for Drug Addiction | |
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| Major Treatment Modalities | |
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| Effectiveness of Drug Treatment | |
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| Contemporary Issues in Treatment | |
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| Preventive Responses to Drug Problems: Drug Education and Drug Testing | |
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| Drug Education | |
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| Drug Testing | |
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| Drug Policy for the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Our Guiding Philosophy | |
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| Supply-Side Policies and Demand-Side Policies | |
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| Specific Issues and Recommendations | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |