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Documentary and Référence Guides: Substance Abuse in America : A Documentary and Reference Guide by James A. Swartz (2012, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10031335376X
ISBN-139780313353765
eBay Product ID (ePID)16038295827
Product Key Features
Number of Pages364 Pages
Publication NameSubstance Abuse in America : a Documentary and Référence Guide
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPublic Policy / General, Sociology / General, General, Psychopathology / Addiction
Publication Year2012
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Psychology
AuthorJames A. Swartz
SeriesDocumentary and Référence Guides
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight43.1 Oz
Item Length11 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2012-006447
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Rarely is a book as useful for advanced researchers as for undergraduates, but Substance Abuse in America is such a book. . . . The well-written introduction concisely summarizes early laws; Prohibition; the role of the nation's first drug czar, Harry Anslinger; the beginnings of the misuse of prescription drugs; and current problems. . . . Highly recommended." -- Choice "This volume will appeal to a wide range of users, both those searching for historical documents on U.S. substance abuse as well as the more popular and controversial topics today of America's current drug policies and was on drugs. Undergraduates or those interested in an overview of the history of this ongoing debate may find this compilation useful." -- ARBA "Read cover-to-cover, this presents a panoramic view of America's response to drugs and drug addiction." -- Booklist, "Rarely is a book as useful for advanced researchers as for undergraduates, but Substance Abuse in America is such a book. . . . The well-written introduction concisely summarizes early laws; Prohibition; the role of the nation's first drug czar, Harry Anslinger; the beginnings of the misuse of prescription drugs; and current problems. . . . Highly recommended." - Choice, "Read cover-to-cover, this presents a panoramic view of America's response to drugs and drug addiction." - Booklist, "This volume will appeal to a wide range of users, both those searching for historical documents on U.S. substance abuse as well as the more popular and controversial topics today of America's current drug policies and was on drugs. Undergraduates or those interested in an overview of the history of this ongoing debate may find this compilation useful." - ARBA
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal362.290973
Table Of ContentReader's Guide to Related Documents and Sidebars Foreword by David T. Courtwright Preface: The Forgotten War Introduction 1. The Early 20th Century: Patent Medicines, the Rise and Fall of Prohibition, the Narcotics Farms "The Whole Vast System of Bunco" "A Big Wild Man Who Has Cocaine in His Body" "A Hitherto Inoffensive Negro" "In the Course of His Professional Practice Only" "The Great Social and Economic Experiment, Noble in Motive and Far Reaching in Purpose" "No One but a Physician" "Nobody Shot Me" "I Believe This Would Be a Good Time for a Beer" "The Sick and Afflicted Shall Be Set in the Way of Strength and Hope" 2. The 1930s through the 1950s: Harry J. Anslinger and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, Reefer Madness, the Kefauver Committee, the Beat Generation "As Dangerous as a Coiled Snake" "It Has Something to Do with Something That Is Called Marihuana" "It Is Concluded That Marihuana Is Not a Drug of Addiction, Comparable to Morphine" "They Go from Sneaky Pete to Pot to Horse to Banging" "They Took the Needle When the Thrill of Marijuana Was Gone" "To Provide a More Effective Control of Narcotic Drugs and Marihuana" "I Saw the Best Minds of My Generation Destroyed by Madness" "Current Treatment of Addiction Is Unsatisfactory" 3. The 1960s through the Mid-1990s: Amphetamines and Barbiturates, the Counterculture, LSD, Vietnam, the Heroin Epidemics, Cocaine Reemerges, Crack Cocaine, HIV/AIDS, Harm Reduction, Sentencing Disparities "Better Living through Chemistry" "We Really Thought That Drugs Were Going to Change the World" "Crapping around Will Not Be Tolerated" "'Junky Johnny' Comes Marchin' Home" "Like Dom Perignon and Caviar" "We Are Fighting a Disease, Not People" "From the Champagne of Drugs to the Beer of Drugs" "He Liked the Prop. It Drove the Point Home" "Heroin and Cocaine Infected Thousands of Drug-Stunned Addicts" "The Experiment in Mass Incarceration" 4. The Mid-1990s to 2011: Medical Marijuana, Black Tar Heroin, OxyContin, Methamphetamine, the Mexican Drug War, the War on Drugs Continues "Any Other Illness for Which Marijuana Provides Relief" "Heroinville" "It's Growing from Within" "I Felt My Face Just Melting" "It's All Rather Irrelevant" Bibliography Index
SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive overview of drug policy in the United States from the early 1900s through the present day, providing historical and social context through the telling of the colorful and often tragic stories of the events and individuals throughout this period. Substance Abuse in America: A Documentary and Reference Guide examines the history of U.S. drug policy chronologically, from the early 1900s through the current day, covering topics such as patent medicines, Prohibition, Reefer Madness, the psychedelic '60s, Nixon's War on Drugs, and the powerful warring Mexican drug cartels that currently threaten political instability in that country. This book provides a comprehensive overview of U.S. drug policy that will fascinate general readers and benefit those in the field of substance abuse treatment or policy. Each chapter includes an analysis of a primary source document that serves to illuminate drug policy in America at a particular point in time as well as the reasons for the waxing and waning popularity of various drugs. The author provides accurate historical context that explains perceptions about substance abuse in American history, and draws compelling parallels across different time periods to show that much of what may seem new and unique for the present generation actually has a historical precedent., Substance Abuse in America: A Documentary and Reference Guide examines the history of U.S. drug policy chronologically, from the early 1900s through the current day, covering topics such as patent medicines, Prohibition, Reefer Madness, the psychedelic '60s, Nixon's War on Drugs, and the powerful warring Mexican drug cartels that currently threaten political instability in that country. This book provides a comprehensive overview of U.S. drug policy that will fascinate general readers and benefit those in the field of substance abuse treatment or policy. Each chapter includes an analysis of a primary source document that serves to illuminate drug policy in America at a particular point in time as well as the reasons for the waxing and waning popularity of various drugs. The author provides accurate historical context that explains perceptions about substance abuse in American history, and draws compelling parallels across different time periods to show that much of what may seem new and unique for the present generation actually has a historical precedent., This book provides a comprehensive overview of drug policy in the United States from the early 1900s through the present day, providing historical and social context through the telling of the colorful and often tragic stories of the events and individuals throughout this period.
LC Classification NumberHV4999.2.S93 2012
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