03664oam 2200589I 450 991078772190332120230803032302.01-317-73567-61-315-79149-81-317-73568-410.4324/9781315781494 (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 StatesDrug abuseDrug control362.2/9/0973Segal Bernard1936-1472359MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787721903321Perspectives on drug use in the United States3724426UNINA