Pissing on demand [[electronic resource] ] : workplace drug testing and the rise of the detox industry / / Kenneth D. Tunnell
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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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| 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 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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.: | 9910449699603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Alternative criminology series.