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

• Autore: Tunnell Kenneth D
• Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.25/98
• Soggetto topico: Employees - Drug testing - United States; Detoxification (Substance abuse treatment) - United States
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Pissing on demand
• ISBN: 0-8147-8438-0; 0-8147-8344-9; 1-4294-1487-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783767503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Alternative criminology series.