Research Catalog

Title

The war on drugs III : the continuing saga of the mysteries and miseries of intoxication, addiction, crime, and public policy / James A. Inciardi.

Author

Inciardi, James A.

Publication

Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c2002.

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Description

xii, 324 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.

Alternative Title

War on drugs 3

Subject

• Drug abuse > United States
• Drug control > United States
• Heroin abuse > United States
• Cocaine abuse > United States
• Drug abuse and crime > United States
• Substance-Related Disorders > United States
• Narcotics, Control of > United States
• Heroin habit > United States
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The mysteries and miseries of intoxication and addiction. -- From Dover's Powder to the evil weed of the fields: the early history of drug use in the United States. -- Everyone smokes dope: drug use in post-World War II America. -- Binge drinking, raves, and Mickey Finn: drugs and the youth culture at the turn of the twenty-first century. -- China White and Mexican black: comments on the nature and use of heroin and other narcotics. -- Cocaine, crack, and other masquerades for mama coca. -- Legends of the living dead: unraveling the drugs/crime connection. -- Mainlining in the shadow of death: probing the HIV/AIDS-drugs connection. -- The great drug war: policies and programs to reduce drug supply and demand. -- The great drug debate: the war on American drug policy. -- Epilogue: War is not the answer.

ISBN

0205332218 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00053586^

OCLC

45320596

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library