High : Drugs, Desire, and a Nation of Users /

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"Whether drinking Red Bull, relieving chronic pain with oxycodone, or experimenting with Ecstasy, Americans participate in a culture of self-medication, using psychoactive substances to enhance or manage our moods. A "drug-free America" seems to be a fantasyland that most people don&#...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Walker, Ingrid (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : University of Washington Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Drug utilization.
Drug control.
Drug abusers.
Drug abuse.
Drug abusers > United States.
Drug control > United States.
Drug abuse > United States.
Drug utilization > United States.
United States.
Informational works.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: Breaking user silence
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: We are all users
  • Picture a drug user
  • Criminalization : winning the crusade but losing the war
  • Medicalization : defining drug use
  • Why we use : the pleasure and the eros of drugs
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Selected bibliography
  • Index.

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