03697oam 2200601I 450 991046349620332120170817212340.01-317-73567-61-315-79149-81-317-73568-410.4324/9781315781494 (CKB)2670000000518833(EBL)1619318(SSID)ssj0001108610(PQKBManifestationID)12411267(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001108610(PQKBWorkID)11087124(PQKB)10717320(OCoLC)874172712(MiAaPQ)EBC1619318(OCoLC)897457642(EXLCZ)99267000000051883320180706e20131986 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPerspectives on drug use in the United States /Bernard Segal, editorLondon :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (141 p.)First published in 1986 by The Haworth Press, Inc.0-86656-586-8 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Drug Laws and Drug Law Enforcement: A Review and Evaluation Based on 111 Years of Experience; Introduction; Opium Smoking; The Harrison Narcotic Act (1914); ""Tightening Up" the Harrison Act; The Economics of the Black Market; Closing the Borders to Smuggling; Cocaine and the Amphetamines; The Marijuana Tax Act (1937); Operation Intercept; Curbing Drug Production Abroad; Curbing U.S. Marijuana Production; The Future; The Deviance Model of Drug-Taking Behavior: A Critique; Survey and Other Prevalence DataMarihuana Use as a Deviant ActivitySome Approaches to Drug-Taking as a Nondeviant Activity; Complexities in Classification of Drug Use Purposes; Some Implications of a Nondeviance Model of Drug-Taking for Surveys; Average, Normal, and Healthy Behavior; Some Implications for Prevention and Treatment; Some Analogues; Discussion; Who Are the Drug Users?; Sources of Confusion; A Matter of Perspective; Existential Processes; How to Study a Complex Existential Process; A Continuum of Methods; A Proposal; Representative Case Research on Drug Users; Drug Use HistoriesThe Issue Is Personal CommitmentLife Themes and Variations; Theoretical Integration; Fundamental Postulates; Summary and Conclusions; Women: Alcohol and Other Drugs; Introduction; Women and History; Why the Current Concern About Women and Drug Abuse?; Current Status: Women's Use of Substances; What Is Drug Abuse?; Women and Medication; Women and Drug/Alcohol Abuse; Research Questions; Perspectives on Drug Use in the United States; Background; Current Official Posture; A Cultural Theory; The Framework of Technology and Material Culture; A Melting Pot of Drugs and Users; Behind Material CultureThe Dark Side of TechnologyShould the Drug Industry Be Blamed for Drug Abuse?; Taking Drug Hazards Into Account; ConclusionsHere you'll find perceptive critical analyses of areas of concern within the field that have important implications for both research endeavors and clinical intervention.Drug abuseUnited StatesDrug controlUnited StatesElectronic books.Drug abuseDrug control362.2/9/0973Segal Bernard1936-856249MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463496203321Perspectives on drug use in the United States1911866UNINA