This engaging and thoroughly updated text provides a cross-national perspective on the use and regulation of both legal and illegal drugs. It examines and critiques drug policies in the United States and abroad in terms of their scope, goals, and effectiveness. Authors Clayton J. Mosher and Scott Akins also discuss the physiological, psychological, and behavioral effects of legal and illicit drugs; the patterns and correlates of use; theories of the causes of drug use; and the policies that govern that usage.
Features and Benefits
- Thoroughly reviews use of and regulation policies of both illegal and legal drugs, including the use of energy drinks and muscle enhancers like steroids and human growth hormones.
- Very up to date statistics and discussions of emerging trends and policies.
- Provides more coverage of drug policy issues than comparable books with particular attention to contrasting policies in countries around the world.
- Coverage of drug ‘epidemics’ for new legal and illegal drugs not found in other books on drugs.
Inhoudsopgave
1. Drug Controversies and Demonization
2. Theories of Drug Use
3. The Effects of Drugs: Part I
4. The Effects of Drugs: Part II
5. Patterns of Illegal Drug Use
6. Patterns of Legal Drug Use
7. Drug Prevention Programs
8. Drug Treatment
9. Policies Regulating Legal Drugs, Part I: Alcohol and Tobacco
10. Policies Regulating Legal Drugs, Part II: Prescription and Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Herbal Supplements
11. Policies Regulating Illegal Drugs
12. Drug Policies in Other Countries and U.S. Influence
Over de auteur
Scott Akins is currently a Professor of Sociology at Oregon State University. His research interests include drug use and policy; immigration, drug use and crime; and the intersection of disadvantage, ethnicity, and crime. He is author of Drugs and Drug Policy: The Control of Consciousness Alteration and In the Weeds: Demonization, Legalization, and the Evolution of U.S. Marijuana Policy.
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