Drugs and Drug Policy
The Control of Consciousness Alteration
3rd Edition
Published on 2. March 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
688 pages
978-1-5443-5112-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
What this book does effectively is it develops the historical understanding of where we are today with drug policy. -- John Boman * Reviews * The textbook is perhaps one of the most comprehensive resources on drugs and drug policies, with a broad and in-depth range of controversy, psychotropic effects, prevention and treatment efforts, and theory.The content of each chapter is excellent and robust. -- Manuel F. Zamora * Review * This book is written in a way that draws students.
This book is an amazing comparison and history of drugs that excludes the governmental propaganda and its bogus studies that the government puts out to scare the American population against drug use while showing the real reasons that the government wanted to keep these drugs illegal and now unmarketable to the general population because of the psychological effects. -- Vicki Lindsay * Review * This is the textbook that we should begin using with students in our Narcotics and Dangerous Substances classes, because it is thorough and easy for students to read.
This textbook was the best that I have read dealing with Drug Use, Abuse and Legislation/Policies. The textbook was comprehensive and easy to read. I truly enjoyed it. -- Selena M. Respass
More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
1281 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5443-5112-4 (9781544351124)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
09/2013
2nd Edition
SAGE Publications Inc
€109.50
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Persons
Clayton Mosher received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Toronto, and is currently a Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Sociology at Washington State University Vancouver. He is the author of several books and articles in the areas of inequality in criminal justice system processing, drugs and drug policies, and the impact of prison construction on employment. Besides co-authoring the Second Edition of Drugs and Drug Policy, he co-authored the Second Edition of The Mismeasure of Crime (SAGE, 2012) with Terance Miethe and Timothy Hart. 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.
Content
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
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