Research Catalog

Title

The war on drugs : heroin, cocaine, crime, and public policy / James A. Inciardi.

Author

Inciardi, James A.

Publication

• Palo Alto, California : Mayfield Publishing Company, [1986]
• ©1986

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Details

Description

xi, 231 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Summary

In a series of dramas, key members of American society, law enforcement, and government struggle to define the influence that these drugs have on our culture.

Subject

• Drug abuse > United States
• Drug control > United States
• Heroin abuse > United States
• Cocaine abuse > United States
• Drug abuse and crime > United States
• Cocaine abuse
• Heroin abuse
• Crime
• Substance-Related Disorders
• Cocaine-Related Disorders
• Heroin Dependence
• Crime
• crimes (events)
• Cocaine abuse
• Drug abuse
• Drug abuse and crime
• Drug control
• Heroin abuse
• Bekämpfung
• Drogenkriminalität
• United States
• USA

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Contents

Preface -- ONE. FROM DOVER'S POWDER TO ECSTASY: The evolution of drug taking in the United States -- TWO. SHIT, SMACK, AND SUPERFLY: Perspectives on the nature of heroin and cocaine use -- THREE. THE VILIFICATION OF EUPHORIA: An inquiry into the creation of the American "Dope Fiend" -- FOUR. THE DRUGS -- CRIME CONNECTION: A journey into the street worlds of heroin, cocaine, and crime -- FIVE. HOOKER, WHORE, JUNKIE, THIEF; DEALER, DOPER, COCAINE FREAK: Some comments on prostitution and the enslavement theory of addiction -- SIX. FROM TINGO MARIA TO TEHERAN: The domestic and international implications of drug trafficking -- EPILOGUE. BACK TO THE FUTURE: Coping with the worlds of heroin, cocaine, and crime -- NAME INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX.

ISBN

• 0874847435
• 9780874847437

LCCN

86061126

OCLC

• ocm14688555
• 14688555
• SCSB-1185882

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library