Crack in America demon drugs and social justice / edited by Craig Reinarman and Harry G. Levine
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| Subjects: | Electronic books Crack (Drug)--United States Cocaine abuse--United States Drug control--United States Drugs and mass media--United States |
| Formats: | Electronic Resource, Remote |
| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Berkeley : University of California Press, c1997 |
| LC Classification: | H, HV |
| Table of Contents: | List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Contributors 1. Crack in Context: America's Latest Demon Drug / Craig Reinarman, Harry G. Levine 1 2. The Crack Attack: Politics and Media in the Crack Scare / Craig Reinarman, Harry G. Levine 18 3. In Search of Horatio Alger: Culture and Ideology in the Crack Economy / Phillipe Bourgois 57 4. The Contingent Call of the Pipe: Bingeing and Addiction Among Heavy Cocaine Smokers / Craig Reinarman, Dan Waldorf, Sheigla B. Murphy [et al.] 77 5. Two Women Who Used Cocaine Too Much: Class, Race, Gender, Crack, and Coke / Sheigla B. Murphy, Marsha Rosenbaum 98 6. Crack and Homicide in New York City: A Case Study in the Epidemiology of Violence / Paul J. Goldstein, Henry H. Brownstein, Patrick J. Ryan [et al.] 113 7. The Social Pharmacology of Smokeable Cocaine: Not All It's Cracked Up To Be / John P. Morgan, Lynn Zimmer 131 8. Crack Use in Canada: A Distant American Cousin / Yuet W. Cheung, Patricia G. Erickson 175 9. Crack in Australia: Why Is There No Problem? / Stephen K. Mugford 194 10. Crack in the Netherlands: Effective Social Policy Is Effective Drug Policy / Peter D. A. Cohen 214 11. "When Constitutional Rights Seem Too Extravagant To Endure": The Crack Scare's Impact on Civil Rigths and Liberties / Ira Glasser, Loren Siegel 229 12. The Pregnancy Police Fight the War on Drugs / Loren Siegel 249 13. Pattern, Purpose, and Race in the Drug War: The Crisis of Credibility in Criminal Justice / Troy Duster 260 14. Drug Prohibition in the U.S.: Costs, Consequences, and Alternatives / Ethan A. Nadelmann 288 15. Punitive Prohibition in America / Craig Reinarman, Harry G. Levine 321 16. The Cultural Contradictions of Punitive Prohibition / Craig Reinarman, Harry G. Levine 334 17. Real Opposition, Real Alternatives: Reducing the Harms of Drug Use and Drug Policy / Craig Reinarman, Harry G. Levine 345 Epilogue: We've Been Here Before: Excerpts from the 1967 Report of the Task Force on Narcotics and Drug Abuse of the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice 367 Subject Index 373 Name Index 380 |
| Alternate Titles: | Issued in other form: Original (DLC) 96047765 (OCoLC)35842613 |
| Additional Authors: | Reinarman, Craig Levine, Harry Gene NetLibrary, Inc |
| Notes: | Invalid LCCN: 96047765 ISBN: 0585091072 (electronic bk.) ISBN: 0520202414 ISBN: 0520202422 Includes bibliographical references and indexes Contents: Crack in context : America's latest demon drug / Craig Reinarman and Harry G. Levine -- The crack attack : politics and media in the crack scare / Craig Reinarman and Harry G. Levine -- In search of Horatio Alger : culture and ideology in the crack economy / Phillipe Bourgois -- The contingent call of the pipe : bingeing and addiction among heavy cocaine smokers / Craig Reinarman ... [et al.] -- Two women who used cocaine too much : class, race, gender, crack, and coke / Sheigla B. Murphy and Marsha Rosenbaum -- Crack and homicide in New York City : a case study in the epidemiology of violence / Paul J. Goldstein ... [et al.] -- The social pharmacology of smokeable cocaine : not all it's cracked up to be / John P. Morgan and Lynn Zimmer -- Crack use in Canada : a distant American cousin / Yuet W. Cheung and Patricia G. Erickson -- Crack in Australia : why is there no problem? / Stephen K. Mugford -- Crack in the Netherlands : effective social policy is effective drug policy / Peter D.A. Cohen -- "When constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure" : the crack scare's impact on civil rights and liberties / Ira Glasser and Loren Siegel -- The pregnancy police fight the war on drugs / Loren Siegel -- Pattern, purpose, and race in the drug war : the crisis of credibility in criminal justice / Troy Duster -- Drug prohibition in the U.S. : costs, consequences, and alternatives / Ethan A. Nadelmann -- Punitive prohibition in America / Craig Reinarman and Harry G. Levine -- The cultural contradictions of punitive prohibition / Craig Reinarman and Harry G. Levine -- Real opposition, real alternatives : reducing the harms of drug use and drug policy / Craig Reinarman and Harry G. Levine Reproduction notes: Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 1999. Available via the World Wide Web. Available in multiple electronic file formats. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 388 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 42856368 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0585091072 0520202414 0520202422 |