Historique
Chapitre
The evolution of drug taking and drug seeking in America
Auteur(s) :
INCIARDI, J. A. ;
McELRATH, K.
Année
2010
Page(s) :
4-27
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
978-0-19-973929-5
Refs biblio. :
85
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Résumé :
If anything has been learned about drug taking in the United States, it is that patterns of drug abuse are continually shifting and changing. Fads and fashions in the drugs of abuse seem to come and go. Drugs of choice emerge and then disappear from the American drug scene. Still others are rediscovered, reinvented, revitalized, repackaged, recycled, and become permanent parts of the landscape. And as new drugs of abuse become visible, there are the concomitant media and political feeding frenzies and calls for a strengthening of the "war on drugs." In the early days of America, it was potent "patent medicines." Then came marijuana in the 1930s, followed by heroin in the inner cities in the 1950s, and LSD and marijuana in the 1960s. In the 1970s, there were amphetamines and other prescription drugs, as well as powder cocaine. The 1980s witnessed the beginning of the crack epidemic, which has endured but is now less visible, and in the 1990s through the present, we have witnessed a resurgence of prescription drug abuse. And the beat goes on. All these phenomena are discussed at length in this opening chapter, and for the sake of emphasis, parts of this chapter are briefly repeated in a few of the opening introductions to other sections of this anthology.
Cote :
L00464-C