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



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Autore: Tunnell Kenneth D Visualizza persona
Titolo: Pissing on demand : workplace drug testing and the rise of the detox industry / / Kenneth D. Tunnell Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2004
Edizione: 1st ed.
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  Visualizza cluster
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.: 9910828574403321
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Serie: Alternative criminology series.