Drugs and the American Dream

List of Figures and Tables xi
<p>Preface and Acknowledgments xiii</p>
<p>Source Acknowledgments xxii</p>
<p>About the Editors xxviii</p>
<p>About the Contributors xxx</p>
<p>Matrix of Drugs Addressed xliii</p>
<p>Part I: Perspectives on Drug Use 1</p>
<p>History and Theory</p>
<p>1. Harvey A. Siegal and James A. Inciardi: A Brief History of Alcohol 4</p>
<p>2. David F. Musto: The American Disease: Narcotics in Nineteenth–Century America 9</p>
<p>3. James A. Inciardi and Theodore J. Cicero: Black Beauties, Gorilla Pills, Footballs, and Hillbilly Heroin: Prescription Drug Abuse over the Past 40 Years 18</p>
<p>4. Norman E. Zinberg and Wayne M. Harding: Control and Intoxicant Use: A Theoretical and Practical Overview 24</p>
<p>Drug Scares and Moral Panics</p>
<p>5. Joseph R. Gusfield: Symbolic Crusade: Status Politics and the American Temperance Movement 33</p>
<p>6. Craig Reinarman: The Social Construction of Drug Scares 40</p>
<p>7. Justin L. Tuggle and Malcolm D. Holmes: Blowing Smoke: Status Politics and the Smoking Ban 48</p>
<p>8. Dale D. Chitwood, Sheigla Murphy, and Marsha Rosenbaum: Reflections on the Meaning of Drug Epidemics 55</p>
<p>Part II: Social Correlates of Drug Use 61</p>
<p>Race/Ethnicity</p>
<p>9. Todd G. Pierce: Gen–X Junkie: Young White Heroin Users in Washington, DC 64</p>
<p>10. Avelardo Valdez, Kathryn Nowotny, and Alice Cepeda: The Intersection of Drug Use and Crime over the Life Course of Mexican–American Former Gang Members 72</p>
<p>11. Philippe Bourgois and Jeff Schonberg: Righteous Dopefi end 80</p>
<p>12. Karen A. Joe Laidler: The Lives and Times of Asian–Pacific American Women Methamphetamine Users 87</p>
<p>13. Paul Spicer: Toward a (Dys)functional Anthropology of Drinking: Ambivalence and the American Indian Experience with Alcohol 94</p>
<p>Social Class</p>
<p>14. Eloise Dunlap, Andrew Golub, and Bruce D. Johnson: The Severely Distressed African American Family in the Crack Era: Empowerment Is Not Enough 102</p>
<p>15. Matthew Petrocelli, Trish Oberweis, and Joseph Petrocelli: Getting Huge, Getting Ripped: An Exploration of Recreational Steroid Use 112</p>
<p>16. Dean A. Dabney and Richard C. Hollinger: Drugged Druggists: The Convergence of Two Criminal Career Trajectories 120</p>
<p>17. A. Rafi k Mohamed and Erik D. Fritsvold: Why Rich Kids Sell Street Drugs: Wankstaz, Wannabes, and Capitalists in Training 131</p>
<p>Gender</p>
<p>18. Katherine Sirles Vecitis: Drugs and Eating Disorders: Women s Instrumental Drug Use for Weight Control 141</p>
<p>19. Robert L. Peralta: College Alcohol Use and the Embodiment of Hegemonic Masculinity among European American Men 152</p>
<p>20. Monica Hardesty and Timothy Black: Mothering Through Addiction: A Survival Strategy among Puerto Rican Addicts 161</p>
<p>Youth and Aging</p>
<p>21. Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler: Tinydopers: A Case Study of Deviant Socialization 174</p>
<p>22. Meika Loe and Leigh Cuttino: Grappling with the Medicated Self: The Case of ADHD College Students 184</p>
<p>23. Tammy L. Anderson and Judith A. Levy: Marginality among Older Injectors in Today s Illicit Drug Culture: Assessing the Impact of Ageing 193</p>
<p>24. Miriam Williams Boeri, Claire E. Sterk, and Kirk W. Elifson: Baby Boomer Drug Users: Career Phases, Identity, Self–Concept, and Social Control 203</p>
<p>Part III: Drug Lifestyles 213</p>
<p>Managing Drug Use</p>
<p>25. Brian C. Kelly: Club Drug Use and Risk Management among Bridge and Tunnel Youth 215</p>
<p>26. Ren&eacute; D. Drumm, Duane C. McBride, Lisa Metsch, Melodie Neufeld, and Alex Sawatsky: I m a Health Nut! Street Drug Users Accounts of Self–Care Strategies 224</p>
<p>27. Jos&eacute; A. Bauermeister: Latino Gay Men s Drug Functionality 231</p>
<p>28. Wendy Chapkis: Cannabis, Consciousness, and Healing 240</p>
<p>29. Patricia A. Adler: The Dealing Lifestyle 249</p>
<p>The Economics of Drugs</p>
<p>30. Lisa Maher and Kathleen Daly: Women in the Street–Level Drug Economy: Continuity or Change? 257</p>
<p>31. Steven D. Levitt and Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh: An Economic Analysis of a Drug–Selling Gang s Finances 266</p>
<p>Crime and Violence</p>
<p>32. Paul J. Goldstein: The Drugs/Violence Nexus: A Tripartite Conceptual Framework 277</p>
<p>33. Bruce A. Jacobs, Volkan Topalli, and Richard Wright: Managing Retaliation: Drug Robbery and Informal Sanction Threats 285</p>
<p>34. Stephanie Brophy: Mexico: Cartels, Corruption, and Cocaine: A Profi le of the Gulf Cartel 295</p>
<p>35. Peter Reuter: Systemic Violence in Drug Markets 305</p>
<p>Part IV: Societal Response to Drug Use 313</p>
<p>Education</p>
<p>36. Earl Wysong and David W. Wright: A Decade of DARE: Efficacy, Politics and Drug Education 316</p>
<p>37. Marsha Rosenbaum: Safety First: A Reality–Based Approach to Teens, Drugs, and Drug Education 327</p>
<p>Treatment</p>
<p>38. George De Leon: The Therapeutic Community: Perspective and Approach 336</p>
<p>39. Lee Garth Vigilant: Illness Narratives of Recovering on Methadone Maintenance 344</p>
<p>40. Robert Granfi eld and William Cloud: The Elephant that No One Sees: Natural Recovery among Middle–Class Addicts 351</p>
<p>41. James L. Nolan, Jr: Drug Treatment Courts and the Disease Paradigm 359</p>
<p>Policy</p>
<p>42. Stanton Peele: Reducing Harms from Youth Drinking 370</p>
<p>43. Duane C. McBride, Yvonne Terry–McElrath, Henrick Harwood, James A. Inciardi, and Carl Leukefeld: Refl ections on Drug Policy 378</p>
<p>44. Ethan Nadelmann: Think Again: Drugs 386</p>
<p>45. Harry G. Levine: The Secret of Global Drug Prohibition: Its Uses and Crises 391</p>
<p>Index 400</p>