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"Griffith Edwards is perhaps better positioned to write such a book than anyone else on the planet. [A] lively and beautifully written book."--George Vaillant, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
"Griffith Edwards is simultaneously open-minded enough to consider every drug policy proposal from outright legalization to draconian prohibition, yet hard-headed enough to find every simple proposal wanting in light of scientific evidence, clinical experience, and the historical record. Experts in the addiction field will recognize the wisdom in these pages; anyone new to the topic could do no better than start their education with this book."--Keith Humphreys, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Griffith Edwards, a world expert on alcoholism, has studied addiction for more than 40 years and understands the problem intimately. . . . His timely, well-written guide will help many people."--The Independent (U.K.)
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"Griffith Edwards is simultaneously open-minded enough to consider every drug policy proposal from outright legalization to draconian prohibition, yet hard-headed enough to find every simple proposal wanting in light of scientific evidence, clinical experience, and the historical record. Experts in the addiction field will recognize the wisdom in these pages; anyone new to the topic could do no better than start their education with this book."--Keith Humphreys, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Griffith Edwards, a world expert on alcoholism, has studied addiction for more than 40 years and understands the problem intimately. . . . His timely, well-written guide will help many people."--The Independent (U.K.)
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Why do people, countries, and centuries experience the same drug differently--and how should this affect the choices we make on drug control?
Matters of Substance presents a new and lucid approach to the much-debated questions of drug control around the world. Griffith Edwards argues for a consideration of all drugs--from caffeine to crack--as more than the sum of their chemical structure. He shows that the effect of a drug is just as dependent on the social setting, historical legacy, and psychology of an individual as it is on any inherent quality of the drug.
Attitudes about and control of drugs across the world are explored--from the use of marijuana in Amsterdam to cigarette smoking in the bars of New York. Various uses and abuses of drugs are examined within the web of ideas we hold about personal freedom, the right to pleasure, the responsibilites of government, and the impact of globalization. Authoritative and wide ranging, this book will inform and enlighten all future debates on drugs in society.
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lax prescribing, ether drinking, drug ecology, cocaine misuse, opiate problem, prescribed heroin, drug slang, synthetic stimulants, injectable heroin, licit drugs, penalty levels, cannabis use, dance drugs, heroin dependence, injected heroin, cocaine epidemic, opiate use, dependence risk, heroin epidemic, opium use, drug epidemic, drug prohibition, smoked opium Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Home Office, New York, Harrison Act, South America, East India Company, Misuse of Drugs Act, Second World War, Vietnam War, Aldous Huxley, British India, Latin America, Lee Robins, Havelock Ellis, Louis Lewin, Meth Heads, New World, Room of Peace, London's East End, Marijuana Tax Act, Ministry of Health, Norman Kerr, Second Opium War, Vin Mariani, World Health Organization New!
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lax prescribing, ether drinking, drug ecology, cocaine misuse, opiate problem, prescribed heroin, drug slang, synthetic stimulants, injectable heroin, licit drugs, penalty levels, cannabis use, dance drugs, heroin dependence, injected heroin, cocaine epidemic, opiate use, dependence risk, heroin epidemic, opium use, drug epidemic, drug prohibition, smoked opium Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Home Office, New York, Harrison Act, South America, East India Company, Misuse of Drugs Act, Second World War, Vietnam War, Aldous Huxley, British India, Latin America, Lee Robins, Havelock Ellis, Louis Lewin, Meth Heads, New World, Room of Peace, London's East End, Marijuana Tax Act, Ministry of Health, Norman Kerr, Second Opium War, Vin Mariani, World Health Organization New!
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- Traffic in Narcotics (Addiction in America) by Harry Jacob Anslinger on page 113, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Drug Addiction and Drug Policy: The Struggle to Control Dependence (Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative) by Philip B. Heymann in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Confessions Of An English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey on page 104, and Back Matter
- Drug Problems in the Sociocultural Context: A Basis for Policies and Programme Planning (Technical Report Series / World Health Organization,) by Griffith Edwards in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The People Of The Abyss by Jack London on page 11, and Back Matter
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