1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449699603321

Autore

Tunnell Kenneth D

Titolo

Pissing on demand [[electronic resource] ] : workplace drug testing and the rise of the detox industry / / Kenneth D. Tunnell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2004

ISBN

0-8147-8438-0

0-8147-8344-9

1-4294-1487-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Collana

Alternative criminology series

Disciplina

331.25/98

Soggetti

Employees - Drug testing - United States

Detoxification (Substance abuse treatment) - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-172) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The emergence of drug testing -- The drug testing industry -- The detox industry -- Drug testing as social monitoring and control -- The politics of resistance.

Sommario/riassunto

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



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778634403321

Titolo

Reconciling observations of global temperature change [[electronic resource] /] / Panel on Reconciling Temperature Observations, Climate Research Committee, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000

ISBN

0-309-18372-3

1-280-18557-0

9786610185573

0-309-59400-6

0-585-26591-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (101 p.)

Collana

The compass series

Disciplina

551.5/253

Soggetti

Global temperature changes

Upper air temperature - Measurement

Atmospheric temperature - Measurement

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Support for this project was provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under Contract No. 50-DKNA-7-90052 and by Alcoa"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-78).



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910131477403321

Autore

Dorvil Henri

Titolo

Types de sociétés et de représentations du normal et du pathologique : la maladie physique, la maladie mentale / / Henri Dorvil

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicoutimi : , : J.-M. Tremblay, , 2006

ISBN

1-55442-017-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Classiques des sciences sociales

Disciplina

306.461

Soggetti

Medical anthropology

Alternative medicine - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction  --  -- REPRÉSENTATIONS, CROYANCES --  -- LA MALADIE PHYSIQUE  --  -- Le groupe ethnique comme facteur de différenciation -- Les classes sociales comme facteur de différenciation -- Le sexe comme facteur de différenciation -- La variable « urbain-rural » comme facteur de différenciation  -- LA MALADIE MENTALE  --  -- Le groupe ethnique comme facteur de différenciation -- Le milieu rural/urbain comme facteur de différenciation -- Les classes sociales comme facteur de différenciation  -- RÉSUMÉ ET CONCLUSION.