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Author : Angus Bancroft
language : en
Publisher: Polity
Release Date : 2009
Drugs Intoxication And Society written by Angus Bancroft and has been published by Polity this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Political Science categories.
"Drugs and intoxication have been facts of human life for millennia. Across the world, many people use illicit drugs, smoke, and drink alcohol. Yet very little has been written about their experiences. Academics, politicians and media reporting on the topic tend only to consider intoxication when it manifests as a social problem. This book takes a more nuanced view, and examines drug and alcohol use from a wider number of perspectives. It discusses issues such as the history of drug and alcohol use, the attractions of intoxication to individuals, and the control and regulation of drugs and their users. It also examines evidence for the rise of the so-called 'pharmaceutical society', and asks whether society is on the cusp of a revolution in psychoactive substance use." --Book Jacket.
Intoxication And Society
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Author : Jonathan Herring
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-12-21
Intoxication And Society written by Jonathan Herring and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-21 with Law categories.
Intoxicants, substances that alter a person's mental and physiological state, are a continuing obsession. In their effect on the mind and body, intoxicants go to the heart of what it means to be human. In the tensions between 'free' and uninhibited consumption on the one hand, and the pressures of social regulation and personal responsibility on the other, they also illuminate the daily paradoxes, and sheer complexity, of living in modern Western societies. Yet this complexity, and the rich history that underpins it, is often lost in the current debates over public policy. Intoxication and Society sets out to supplement the contemporary discourse surrounding intoxication with a more nuanced appreciation of the history and nature of what is very much a multidimensional problem. It does so by employing an interdisciplinary framework that includes contributions from leading academics in law, sociology, anthropology, history, literature, neuroscience and social psychology. The result is a subtle historical and contemporary rereading of the social construction of intoxication that will provide a secure basis for analysis as society continues to respond to the problematic pleasures of intoxication.
Intoxication
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Author : Thomas Thurnell-Read
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-01-01
Intoxication written by Thomas Thurnell-Read and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-01 with Social Science categories.
What images come to mind when you read the word ‘intoxication’? What behaviour do you associate with the word ‘drunk’? When you hear the word ‘drug’, what images do you recall? This textbook provides an essential and thorough grounding in debates about the role of intoxication in contemporary society, from social and cultural perspectives. It examines intoxication in the broadest sense as including both legal and illegal substances and both culturally accepted and socially stigmatised practices. Given the pace of recent changes in policy and practice – from the increasingly common legalisation of cannabis, to the recent trend of sobriety amongst adolescents and young adults – this book stands out by offering both a through historical and theoretical overview and a topical and forward looking exploration of current debates. It adopts a multi-scale approach to examine wider patterns of change so it considers the subjective experiences of the role intoxication plays in the lives of individuals and groups, in the construction of diverse identities and how this differs by age, gender and ethnicity. The authors play particular attention to the way in which the state justifies interventions based on moral, health and criminal justice discourses and also consider the role played by other individuals and institutions, not least the mass media and the alcohol industry, in propagating and challenging common sense explanations of intoxication. It speaks to undergraduates, master's students and above, with a range of pedagogic features, and offers insights into policy and practice.
High Society
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Author : Mike Jay
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-10-19
High Society written by Mike Jay and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-19 with Social Science categories.
An illustrated cultural history of drug use from its roots in animal intoxication to its future in designer neurochemicals • Featuring artwork from the upcoming High Society exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London, one of the world’s greatest medical history collections • Explores the roles drugs play in different cultures as medicines, religious sacraments, status symbols, and coveted trade goods • Reveals how drugs drove the global trade and cultural exchange that made the modern world • Examines the causes of drug prohibitions a century ago and the current “war on drugs” Every society is a high society. Every day people drink coffee on European terraces and kava in Pacific villages; chew betel nut in Indonesian markets and coca leaf on Andean mountainsides; swallow ecstasy tablets in the clubs of Amsterdam and opium pills in the deserts of Rajastan; smoke hashish in Himalayan temples and tobacco and marijuana in every nation on earth. Exploring the spectrum of drug use throughout history--from its roots in animal intoxication to its future in designer neurochemicals--High Society paints vivid portraits of the roles drugs play in different cultures as medicines, religious sacraments, status symbols, and coveted trade goods. From the botanicals of the classical world through the mind-bending self-experiments of 18th- and 19th-century scientists to the synthetic molecules that have transformed our understanding of the brain, Mike Jay reveals how drugs such as tobacco, tea, and opium drove the global trade and cultural exchange that created the modern world and examines the forces that led to the prohibition of opium and cocaine a century ago and the “war on drugs” that rages today.
Drugs In American Society
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Author : Erich Goode
language : en
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 1972
Drugs In American Society written by Erich Goode and has been published by Knopf Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Psychology categories.
Goode's "Drugs in American Society" 7/e is a well-respected, brief investigation of the full range of psychoactive drug use; from legal, medical and perscription use to criminal, recreational use and from casual use to addiction. Objective pro and con accounts on important issues like treatment, education, rehabilitation, and legalization give students a thorough understanding of the topics. The new seventh edition continues to provide the most balanced and up-to-date coverage in an accessible, engaging style.
Culture Society And Drugs
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Author : Ed Knipe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Culture Society And Drugs written by Ed Knipe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Social Science categories.
This volume tackles many important aspects of drugs as they function in societies & cultures around the world & throughout history.
Society And Drugs
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Author : Richard H. Blum
language : en
Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass
Release Date : 1969
Society And Drugs written by Richard H. Blum and has been published by San Francisco : Jossey-Bass this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Psychology categories.
Cultures Of Intoxication
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Author : Fiona Hutton
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-01-25
Cultures Of Intoxication written by Fiona Hutton and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-25 with Social Science categories.
This book considers the global discourses and debates about ‘intoxication’, engaging in critical academic discussion around this concept. The problems in defining intoxication are considered, alongside the meanings of intoxication and how these meanings often differ across diverse drug using populations. The way that intoxication has been engaged with over the centuries has affected how particular groups are perceived and responded to, resulting in punitive responses such as drug prohibition, alongside harsh treatment of those who are seen to transgress societal norms and values. Therefore, this collection seeks to unsettle dominant discourses about intoxication and to consider this concept in new, critical ways. Ways of being intoxicated are also defined in this book in their broadest sense; from ‘energy drinks’ and other legal drugs, to recreational use of illicit drugs such as ecstasy, to ‘problematic’ drug use.
Drugs Society Human Behavior
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Author : Oakley Stern Ray
language : en
Publisher: Mosby
Release Date : 1993
Drugs Society Human Behavior written by Oakley Stern Ray and has been published by Mosby this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Medical categories.
Drugs In Society
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Author : Michael D. Lyman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Drugs In Society written by Michael D. Lyman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Drug abuse categories.