Drug use & abuse / [by] Micah L. Issitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Issitt, Micah L., author.

Series:

Opinions throughout history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug abuse--United States--History--Sources.

Drug abuse.

Drug control--United States--History--Sources.

Drug control.

Drug utilization--United States--History--Sources.

Drug utilization.

Drugs--Law and legislation--United States--Sources.

Drugs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxix, 719 pages).

Place of Publication:

Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2018]

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet.

Summary:

Discusses the complex issues of both legal and illegal drug use throughout history, with a detailed history of the drugs that have garnered the most attention from the American public, beginning in the 1700s up to the present day.

Contents:

Publisher's Note

Introduction

Historical Timeline

The Opium Odyssey

The Power of the Plant (1860)

America's Favorite Drug

Alcohol: The Second-Most Deadly Drug (1855)

Cannabis History and Use

The Case Against Marijuana (1910s)

Treating the Disease

The Beginning of Drug Rehabilitation (1785)

Delicious Refreshment

The Introduction of Cocaine (1859)

Regulation Begins

State Laws and the Addiction Crisis (1894)

Truth in Advertising

The Creation of the FDA (1906)

Criminalizing Addiction

The Harrison Narcotics Act (1914)

Prohibition Begins

The Power of Minorities (1926)

The End of Prohibition

Ineffective at Reducing Alcohol Use (1932)

Criminalizing Cannabis

The Marijuana Tax Act (1937).

Mandatory Minimums

Punitive Approach Ineffective (1951)

Utopian Visions

Hallucinogens in America (1960s)

Public Enemy Number One

Nixon's War on Drugs (1972)

Harm Reduction

The Introduction of Methadone (1972).

A Traditionalist Radical

Jimmy Carter and the Drug Debate (1977)

The Quaalude Problem

From Popular Sedative to Dangerous Recreational Drug (1984)

The Rise of the Cartels

The International Drug Trade (1980s)

Reagan and the Crack Controversy

Crack vs. Cocaine (1982)

The Difficulty of Saying No

Implementing Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) (1986)

The Meth Saga

Crystal Meth and the Motorcycle Gangs (1990s)

The Racial Dimension

Drugs and Mass Incarceration (1995)

Medical Marijuana

California is the First to Legalize (1995-2018)

Scheduling Addiction

Drug Addiction Treatment Act (2000).

The Legalization Movement

States Begin to Legalize Marijuana (2012)

Searching For A Better Brain

Drug Your Way to High Grades (2010)

The New Opioid Problem

Prescription Drugs Gone Wrong (2018)

Treatment Options

Success of Medication-Assisted Addiction Treatment (2018)

Conclusion

Notes

Primary & Secondary Sources

Glossary

Historical Snapshots

Bibliography

About the Author

Index.

Notes:

Print ISBN: 9781682177242.

Title from Web page (viewed on December 23, 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781682177242

1682177246