Drugs, Society and Behavior, 2000-2001

by Wilson, Hugh T.

• ISBN13: 9780072365382
• ISBN10: 0072365382
• Edition: 15th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: McGraw Hill College Div

Table of Contents

To the Reader	iv
Topic Guide	4	(1)
Selected World Wide Web Sites	4	(2)
UNIT 1 Living with Drugs
Overview	6	(36)
Opium, Cocaine, and Marijuana in American History	8	(7)
David F. Musto
A Drug Trade Primer for the Late 1990s	15	(4)
A Hundred-Year Habit	19	(3)
Ian Scott
One Nation under the Table	22	(2)
John Lilly
New Museum Traces History of Drugs in the U.S.	24	(2)
Christopher S. Wren
Just Don't Say No, Not Us	26	(1)
Jerry Adler
America's Altered States	27	(15)
Joshua Wolf Shenk
UNIT 2 Understanding How Drugs Work --- Use, Dependence, and Addiction
Overview	42	(22)
Addiction and the Brain --- Part I	44	(3)
A Little Help from Serotonin	47	(3)
Geoffrey Cowley
Anne Underwood
Cocaine Wreaks Subtle Damage on Developing Brains	50	(2)
Gretchen Vogel
What Type of Addict Are You?	52	(3)
Erik Banks
Alcoholism: Character or Genetics?	55	(3)
Mark Gauvreau Judge
New Pieces Filling in Addiction Puzzle	58	(4)
Beth Azar
Taping the Horror	62	(2)
Chris Wood
UNIT 3 The Major Drugs of Use and Abuse
Overview	64	(32)
Resisting Cocaine's Tragic Lure	66	(4)
Jan Farrington
Heroin High	70	(2)
T. Trent Gegax
Sarah Van Boven
Heroin and Cocaine---A Global Threat	72	(2)
The Drinking Dilemma	74	(5)
Nancy Shute
Generation Wired: Caffeine Is the New Drug of Choice for Kids	79	(4)
Helen Cordes
Opium as Cash Crop Is Still Difficult to Beat	83	(4)
Warren Richey
Hidden Dangers of Over the Counter Drugs	87	(3)
William Ecenbarger
Big Tobacco Rides East	90	(5)
Robert Dreyfuss
High in the Heartland	95	(1)
UNIT 4 Other Trends and Patterns in Drug Use
Overview	96	(22)
Dying for a Drink	98	(4)
John McCormick
Claudia Kalb
College Students Drunk on Campus Drinking Lore, Tradition	102	(2)
Linda Temple
Party Politics	104	(2)
Ryan Lizza
The Real Scandal	106	(4)
Sharon Begley
Martha Brant
Sex Sells: Viagra Heats Up Market for Sexual Supplements	110	(3)
Gina Geslewitz
Pain Breakers	113	(3)
David Barton
New Date-Rape Drug Emerges: Metro Parents Worry Legal Product Touted by Health Stores, Internet Threatens Teens	116	(2)
Jodi S. Cohen
UNIT 5 Drugs and Crime
Overview	118	(22)
Border Trafficking: Where the U.S. and Mexico Meet, the Drug Smugglers Are Riding High	120	(10)
John Ward Anderson
William Branigin
Raising the Stakes in U.S.-Mexico Drug Wars	130	(2)
Linda Robinson
The Charm City Blues	132	(2)
Angie Cannon
Drugs, Crime, Prison and Treatment	134	(3)
Charles Blanchard
Doping Kids	137	(3)
Kelly Patricia O'Meara
UNIT 6 Measuring the Social Costs of Drugs
Overview	140	(26)
Editorial: Substance Abuse and Addiction-the Need to Know	142	(3)
Joseph A. Califano Jr.
Visualizing America's Drug Problems: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Illegal Drug Stories on the Nightly News	145	(9)
David Jernigan
Lori Dorfman
The Casualties of War	154	(1)
Ellis Cose
Pregnant, Hooked & Booked	155	(3)
Eileen Moon
Alcoholism in Women	158	(2)
Sheila B. Blume
The Facts about Women, Alcohol	160	(2)
Marilyn Elias
Medical Care of Heroin Users	162	(4)
Jeannette Y. Wick
UNIT 7 Creating and Sustaining Effective Drug Control Policy
Overview	166	(30)
America's Drug Problem and Its Policy of Denial	168	(4)
Mathea Falco
Strange Bedfellows: Ideology, Politics, and Drug Legalization	172	(9)
Erich Goode
Germany: A Strict Approach	181	(3)
Eduard Lintner
The Buzz on Drugs	184	(2)
Jonathan Alter
The Netherlands: Let's Be Realistic	186	(3)
Herbert P. Barnard
Q: Would Legalizing Drugs Serve America's National Interest?	189	(5)
Dirk Chase Eldredge
Bill McCollum
Industry Foes Fume over the Tobacco Deal	194	(1)
Joseph P. Shapiro
The Narco-Guerrilla War	195	(1)
Joshua Hammer
Michael Isikoff
UNIT 8 Prevention and Treatment
Overview	196	(25)
The Tenacity of Error in the Treatment of Addiction	198	(6)
Michael J. Lemanski
Outpatient Detoxification from Alcohol, Opiates, and Stimulants	204	(3)
Marc A. Schuckit
The Peer Principle: The Key to Addiction Treatment	207	(2)
Frank Riessman
Needle Exchanges: Prevention or Problem?	209	(2)
Matthew A. Bowdy
Can Addiction-Related Self-Help/Mutual Aid Groups Lower Demand for Professional Substance Abuse Treatment?	211	(3)
Keith Humphreys
The Glass Half Empty	214	(2)
Caroline Knapp
DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education): Very Popular but Not Very Effective	216	(5)
Richard R. Clayton
Carl G. Leukefeld
Nancy Grant Harrington
Anne Cattarello
Glossary	221	(4)
Index	225	(3)
Article Review Form	228	(1)
Article Rating Form	229