Substance abuse in America : a documentary and reference guide /: a documentary and reference guide. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James A. Swartz.
• Other Names: Swartz, James, 1955-
• Contents: Reader's guide to related documents and sidebars -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- The early 20th century: patent medicines, the rise and fall of prohibition, the narcotics farms -- The 1930s through the 1950s : Harry J. Anslinger and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, Reefer Madness, the Kefauver committee, the Beat generation -- 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 -- The mid-1990s to 2011 : medical marijuana, black tar heroin, OxyContin, Methamphetamine, the Mexican drug war, the war on drugs continues -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Greenwood
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (364 pages)
• Subjects: 362.290973; Political Science -- Public Policy -- General; Substance abuse -- United States; Political Science -- General; Drug & substance abuse: social aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216151272
• Related ISBNs: 9780313353765
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