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Drugs in American Society

by: Goode, Erich

Drugs in American Society

by: Goode, Erich

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9780072874983
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0072874988
Edition: 6th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 06/23/2004
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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This well-respected text provides the most balanced and up-to-date investigation of drug use in all of its social, cultural, and legal complexity. It covers the full range of psychoactive drug use, from legal medical and prescription use to criminal recreational use, from casual use to addiction. The text maintains its distinctive emphasis on the sociological perspective, explaining the drug phenomenon using sociological concepts supported by recent data from a wide range of sources.

Preface

PART I Introduction

(140)

Drugs: A Sociological Perspective

(25)

What Is a Drug?

(5)

Medical Utility

(1)

Illegality

(1)

Psychoactivity

(2)

Defining Drugs: A Summary

(1)

Drug Use and Drug Abuse

(1)

Drug Dependence

(4)

Types of Drug Use

(8)

Legal Instrumental Use

(1)

Legal Recreational Use

(1)

Illegal Instrumental Use

(1)

Illegal Recreational Use

(3)

Summary

(2)

Key Terms

(1)

Account: The Illegal Instrumental Use of Adderall, an Amphetamine

(3)

Drugs: A Pharmacological Perspective

(25)

Drug Action

(2)

A Few Basic Pharmacological Concepts

(2)

The Acute-Chronic Distinction

(1)

The ED/LD Ratio

(1)

Drug Tolerance

(1)

Drug Fate

(1)

Factors That Influence Drug Action

(5)

Route of Administration

(1)

Dose

(1)

Potency and Purity

(1)

Drug Mixing

(1)

A Classification of Psychoactive Drugs and Their Effects

(5)

Stimulants

(1)

Depressants

(2)

Hallucinogens or Psychedelics

(1)

Marijuana

(1)

Ecstasy

(1)

Appendix: Drug Names

(1)

Summary

(2)

Key Terms

(1)

Account: Multiple Drug Use

(4)

Theories of Drug Use

(32)

Biological Theories

(2)

Genetic Factors

(1)

Metabolic Imbalance

(1)

Psychological Theories

(5)

Reinforcement

(3)

Inadequate Personality

(1)

Problem-Behavior Proneness

(1)

Sociological Theories

(17)

Anomie Theory

(1)

Social Control and Self-Control Theory

(4)

Social Learning and Subculture Theory

(3)

Selective Interaction/Socialization

(3)

A Conflict Theory of Drug Abuse

(5)

Summary

(2)

Key Terms

(1)

Account: Multiple Drug Use

(3)

Drugs in America: The Historical Context

(31)

Drug Use in Nineteenth-Century America

(4)

Medical Drug Use

(2)

Cocaine-Based ``Soft'' Drinks

(1)

Medical, Scientific, and Technological Innovations

(1)

Numbers of Addicts and Abusers

(1)

The Movement to Prohibit Alcohol: 1784--1920

(3)

Early Anti-Opium Legislation

(1)

The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906

(1)

The Shanghai Commission and the Hague Committee

(1)

The Harrison Act, 1914

(2)

The Impact of the Harrison Act: Did It Make Matters Worse?

(3)

The Marihuana Tax Act, 1937

102

(1)

The Controlled Substances Act and the Nixon/Ford Administration

103

(4)

The Backlash Gathers Strength: The Carter Years

107

(5)

Summary

112

(3)

Key Terms

115

(1)

Drugs in the News

116

(25)

Are the News Media Biased?

117

(2)

Four Theories of Media Bias

119

(2)

Sensationalism in the Media: The Drug Story

121

(1)

New Drugs in the Media: Violence, Insanity, and Genetic Damage

122

(11)

Marijuana in the 1930s

123

(1)

LSD in the 1960s

124

(2)

PCP in the 1970s

126

(2)

Crack in the 1980s

128

(4)

Ecstasy, 1985 to 2000 and Beyond

132

(1)

Telling a Story Meets Factual Accuracy: The Janet Cook Saga

133

(2)

Media Accounts of Crack-Related Homicide, 1985 to 1990

135

(3)

Summary

138

(2)

Key Terms

140

(1)

PART II Drug Use: Methods and Data

141

(58)

How Do We Know It's True? Methods of Research

143

(21)

Social Research on Drug Use: An Introduction

144

(4)

Lying

144

(2)

Sampling

146

(1)

Statistics

146

(2)

Rates of Drug Use: An Introduction

148

(1)

Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program

149

(3)

Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN)

152

(3)

Monitoring the Future (MTF)

155

(2)

National Survey on Drug Use and Health

157

(1)

Pulse Check

158

(2)

Summary

160

(3)

Key Terms

163

(1)

Historical Trends in Drug Consumption: From Past to Current Use

164

(35)

Rates and Patterns of Drug Use: The Basics

166

(7)

Overall Prevalence Rates

166

(1)

Continuance Rates

167

(3)

Consumption Levels

170

(1)

Life-Cycle Rates

171

(2)

Trends Over Time: An Introduction

173

(1)

Alcohol Consumption, 1700s to 1919

173

(2)

Alcohol Consumption During Prohibition

175

(1)

Repeal: Alcohol Consumption, 1933 to the Twenty-first Century

176

(2)

Drug Use Trends Over Time: 1960s to 1979

178

(1)

Drug Use: The 1980s to the Twenty-first Century

179

(6)

Appendix: 2001 to 2002

185

(1)

Summary

186

(1)

Key Terms

187

(1)

Accounts: Marijuana (1967)

188

(1)

Heroin (1971)

189

(3)

Ecstasy (1988)

192

(1)

Multiple Drug Use (1996)

193

(6)

PART III Drugs and Their Use

199

(128)

Legal Drugs: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Psychotherapeutic Drugs

201

(31)

Alcohol: An Introduction

204

(9)

Acute Effects of Alcohol

204

(2)

Alcohol Consumption: Accidents, Disease, and Social Cost

206

(2)

Alcohol Consumption Today

208

(3)

Who Drinks? Who Doesn't?

211

(2)

Tobacco: An Introduction

213

(6)

Tobacco: Medical Harm

213

(2)

Tobacco: A Brief History

215

(1)

The Decline of Smoking

216

(3)

Psychotherapeutic Drugs: An Introduction

219

(7)

Sedatives

219

(2)

Tranquilizers

221

(2)

Antipsychotics

223

(1)

Antidepressants

224

(2)

Summary

226

(2)

Key Terms

228

(1)

Account: My Experiences with Alcohol

229

(3)

Marijuana, LSD, and Club Drugs

232

(40)

Marijuana: An Introduction

233

(4)

Acute Effects of Marijuana

237

(2)

Chronic Effects of Marijuana

239

(3)

Who Uses Marijuana?

242

(4)

Age

243

(1)

Sex

244

(1)

Peer Influences

244

(1)

Unconventionality

245

(1)

The Gateway Hypothesis: The Progression to More Dangerous Drugs

246

(5)

The Pharmacological School

247

(2)

The Sociocultural School

249

(1)

The Predisposition School

250

(1)

Marijuana as Medicine

251

(2)

LSD and the Hallucinogens: An Introduction

253

(2)

Subjective Effects of Hallucinogenic Drugs

255

(3)

Genetic Damage

258

(2)

LSD: Continuance Rates and Frequencies of Use

260

(1)

Club Drugs

261

(5)

Summary

266

(3)

Key Terms

269

(1)

Account: Raving

270

(2)

Stimulants: Amphetamine, Methamphetamine, Cocaine, and Crack

272

(29)

Amphetamine

274

(3)

Methamphetamine

277

(1)

Cocaine

278

(9)

Crack

287

(4)

Does the CIA Peddle Crack?

291

(5)

Summary

296

(2)

Key Terms

298

(1)

Account: Crack Cocaine

298

(3)

Heroin and the Narcotics

301

(26)

Narcotic Drugs: An Introduction

302

(1)

The Use and Abuse of Narcotics Today

303

(4)

Heroin: Effects and the Drug Scene

307

(2)

Why Turn On? The User's Perspective

309

(3)

Kicking Heroin

312

(2)

Heroin Addiction: Myth and Reality

314

(1)

Controlled Opiate Use

315

(3)

Heroin and AIDS

318

(3)

Summary

321

(2)

Key Terms

323

(1)

Account: OxyContin Addiction

324

(3)

PART IV Drugs, Crime, and Drug Control

327

Drugs and Crime: What's the Connection?

329

(22)

What's the Nature of the Drug--Crime Link?

330

(2)

Drugs and Crime: Three Models

332

(2)

The Enslavement Model

332

(1)

The Predisposition Model

333

(1)

The Intensification Model

333

(1)

The Drugs/Violence Nexus: Three Models

334

(3)

The Psychopharmacological Model

335

(1)

The Economic-Compulsive Model

335

(1)

The Systemic Model

336

(1)

Which Model Makes the Most Sense?

336

(1)

The Role of Cocaine Use in Violent Behavior

337

(1)

Heroin Addiction and Violence

338

(2)

Alcohol and Violence

340

(3)

Summary

343

(3)

Key Terms

346

(1)

Account: Drugs and Crime

347

(4)

The Illicit Drug Industry

351

(32)

The Myth of the Size of the Drug Trade

353

(4)

The Myth of Market Centralization in the Drug Trade

357

(2)

The Myth of the Drug Trade as an Economic Liability

359

(2)

Where Do Drugs Come From?

361

(5)

Heroin

362

(1)

Cocaine

363

(1)

Marijuana

364

(1)

Methamphetamine

364

(1)

Ecstasy

365

(1)

LSD

365

(1)

Purely Synthetic Drugs: A Summary

365

(1)

Factors that Facilitate the Illicit Drug Trade

366

(4)

The Collapse of the Soviet Union

367

(1)

Economic Privatization

367

(1)

Money Laundering

368

(1)

Globalization

368

(1)

Poverty

369

(1)

Weak or Corrupt Local and Federal Governments

370

(1)

The Street Seller-to-User Transaction: Four Views

370

(7)

The Street-Level Economics of Heroin Abuse

371

(2)

Delinquent Gangs

373

(1)

Selling Crack in El Barrio

374

(2)

Class and Ethnic Styles of Dealing

376

(1)

Summary

377

(2)

Key Terms

379

(1)

Account: Dealing Cocaine

380

(3)

Drug Control: Law Enforcement, Drug Courts, Drug Treatment

383

(32)

Drug Use and the Crime Rate versus Arrests and Incarceration

384

(3)

Prohibition: The Punitive Model

387

(5)

Two Punitive Arguments

388

(1)

Drug Control: The Current System

389

(2)

Summary

391

(1)

The Drug War As Ideology

392

(1)

Drug Asset Forfeiture

393

(2)

Does Proactive Policing against Street-Level Trafficking Work?

395

(2)

Does Prohibition Work?

397

(3)

Drug Courts: Treatment, Not Punishment

400

(2)

Drug Treatment

402

(4)

TOPS

406

(2)

DATOS

408

(1)

Summary

408

(3)

Key Terms

411

(1)

Account: Arrest and Incarceration

412

(3)

Legalization, Decriminalization, and Harm Reduction

415

Legalization: An Introduction

416

(1)

Why Do Legalizers Believe Criminalization Can't Work?

417

(2)

Four Proposals to Reform the Drug Laws

419

(6)

Legalization

420

(2)

Decriminalization

422

(1)

Prescription and Maintenance Models

423

(1)

Harm Reduction

424

(1)

Will Drug Use/Abuse Rise under Legalization?

425

(12)

Does Criminalization Ever Lower Demand?

426

(1)

National Alcohol Prohibition (1920--1933)

426

(1)

Legalization and Use: Two Issues

427

(1)

Worst-Case Scenario

428

(1)

Human Nature

429

(2)

Using Drugs, Drug Effects

431

(2)

Frequencies of Use

433

(1)

The Hassle Factor

434

(1)

Cost

434

(2)

Continuance Rates

436

(1)

Progressive Legalizers versus Progressive Prohibitionists

437

(5)

Progressive Legalizers

437

(3)

Progressive Prohibitionists

440

(2)

Summary

442

(2)

Key Terms

444

(1)

Legalization: An Agnostic Look

445

Appendix: Drug-Related Websites

(1)

Glossary

(1)

References

(1)

Photo Credits

(1)

Author Index

(5)

Subject Index

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