Substance Abuse in America: A Documentary and Reference Guide
byJames A. Swartz, PhD, is associate professor in the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois.
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Swartz, James. Substance Abuse in America: A Documentary and Reference Guide. Greenwood, 2012. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9780313353772.
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Swartz, James. Substance Abuse in America: A Documentary and Reference Guide. Greenwood, 2012. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9780313353772
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Swartz, J. (2012). Substance Abuse in America: A Documentary and Reference Guide. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9780313353772
- Description
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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.
- Reviews/Endorsements
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"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 - Choice"This volume will appeal to a wide range of users, both those searching for historical documents on U.S. substance abuse as well as the more popular and controversial topics today of America's current drug policies and was on drugs.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
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Table of Contents
Substance Abuse in America: A Documentary and Reference Guide
Author(s): Swartz, James;Contributors: Swartz, James;Abstract: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.
SortTitle: substance abuse in america: a documentary and reference guideAuthor Info:James A. SwartzauthorJames A. Swartz, PhD, is associate professor in the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois.
eISBN-13: 9780313353772Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9780313353772.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9780313353765Entry Code: EGR5376Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 364Publication Date: 20120806Series: Documentary and Reference Guides- Cover Cover11
- Title iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents vii8
- Reader's Guide to Related Documents and Sidebars ix10
- Foreword xiii14
- Preface: The Forgotten War xv16
- Introduction xxiii24
- 1. The Early 20th Century: Patent Medicines, the Rise and Fall of Prohibition, the Narcotics Farms 130
- "The Whole Vast System of Bunco" 130
- "A Big Wild Man Who Has Cocaine in His Body" 635
- "A Hitherto Inoffensive Negro" 1241
- "In the Course of His Professional Practice Only" 2049
- "The Great Social and Economic Experiment, Noble in Motive and Far Reaching in Purpose" 2554
- "No One but a Physician" 2756
- "Nobody Shot Me" 3564
- "I Believe This Would Be a Good Time for a Beer" 4372
- "The Sick and Afflicted Shall Be Set in the Way of Strength and Hope" 4776
- 2. The 1930s through the 1950s: Harry J. Anslinger and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, Reefer Madness, the Kefauver Committee, the Beat Generation 5584
- "As Dangerous as a Coiled Snake" 5584
- "It Has Something to Do with Something That Is Called Marihuana" 6796
- "It Is Concluded That Marihuana Is Not a Drug of Addiction, Comparable to Morphine" 77106
- "They Go from Sneaky Pete to Pot to Horse to Banging" 86115
- "They Took the Needle When the Thrill of Marijuana Was Gone" 101130
- "To Provide a More Effective Control of Narcotic Drugs and Marihuana" 104133
- "I Saw the Best Minds of My Generation Destroyed by Madness" 108137
- "Current Treatment of Addiction Is Unsatisfactory" 118147
- 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 137166
- "Better Living through Chemistry" 137166
- "We Really Thought That Drugs Were Going to Change the World" 148177
- "Crapping around Will Not Be Tolerated" 163192
- "'Junky Johnny' Comes Marchin' Home" 174203
- "Like Dom Perignon and Caviar" 184213
- "We Are Fighting a Disease, Not People" 195224
- "From the Champagne of Drugs to the Beer of Drugs" 209238
- "He Liked the Prop. It Drove the Point Home" 220249
- "Heroin and Cocaine Infected Thousands of Drug-Stunned Addicts" 231260
- "The Experiment in Mass Incarceration" 241270
- 4. The Mid-1990s to 2011: Medical Marijuana, Black Tar Heroin, OxyContin, Methamphetamine, the Mexican Drug War, the War on Drugs Continues 253282
- Bibliography 311340
- Index 325354