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Autore |
Tunnell Kenneth D |
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Titolo |
Pissing on demand [[electronic resource] ] : workplace drug testing and the rise of the detox industry / / Kenneth D. Tunnell |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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0-8147-8438-0 |
0-8147-8344-9 |
1-4294-1487-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (187 p.) |
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Collana |
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Alternative criminology series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Employees - Drug testing - United States |
Detoxification (Substance abuse treatment) - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-172) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The emergence of drug testing -- The drug testing industry -- The detox industry -- Drug testing as social monitoring and control -- The politics of resistance. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Drug testing has become the norm in many workplaces. In order to get a job, potential employees are required to provide their urine for testing. Pissing on Demand examines this phenomenon along with the resulting rise of the anti-drug testing movement, or the ""detox industry,"" that works to beat these tests. Strategies include over-the-counter products like ""body flushers"" that sound innocent but are really designed to mask the presence of illegal drugs to kits advertised in pro-drug publications like High Times that make no bones about their real purpose. The first exposé of the detox ind |
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