The Handbook of Drugs and Society

<p>List of Contributors x</p>
<p>Notes on Contributors xiii</p>
<p>Acknowledgements xxi</p>
<p>Part I Understanding Drugs in Society 1</p>
<p>1 Drugs and Society 3<br />Henry H. Brownstein</p>
<p>Part II The Use and Marketing of Particular Drugs in Society 15</p>
<p>2 Alcohol: Wide ]Ranging Problems, Inadequate Responses 17<br />Norman Giesbrecht and Robin Room</p>
<p>3 Global Marijuana Cultivation and Societal Place Because and In Spite of US Policy and Perception 53<br />Charles Hogan and Scott Jacques</p>
<p>4 Heroin and Other Opiates 72<br />Timothy W. Kinlock and Michael S. Gordon</p>
<p>5 Cocaine Powder and Crack Cocaine: A Changeable History? 90<br />Paul Gootenberg</p>
<p>6 Methamphetamine 109<br />Ralph A. Weisheit</p>
<p>7 Prescription Drugs 128<br />Brian C. Kelly and Mark Pawson</p>
<p>8 Designer Drugs 149<br />Dina Perrone</p>
<p>Part III Explaining the Place of Drugs in Society 175</p>
<p>9 Drug Use as a Socially Constructed Problem 177<br />Peter J. Venturelli</p>
<p>10 Social Scientific Theories of Drug Use, Abuse, and Addiction 197<br />Stephen J. Bahr and John P. Hoffmann</p>
<p>11 The Intersection between Neurobiological and Psychological Theories of Substance Use Disorders 218<br />Arielle R. Baskin ]Sommers and Bridget A. Hearon</p>
<p>Part IV Studying Drugs in Society 237</p>
<p>12 Ethnographic Studies of Drugs in Communities 239<br />Sheigla Murphy, Paloma Sales, and Sheigla Averill</p>
<p>13 Measurement and Design Challenges in the Study of Drugs and Society 258<br />Eric L. Sevigny and Brian Fuleihan</p>
<p>Part V What We Know and Do Not Know about Drugs and Public Health and Safety 283</p>
<p>14 What Has Been Learned from Research on the Drugs Crime Connection? 285<br />Trevor Bennett and Jason Edwards</p>
<p>15 The Impact of Illicit Drugs on Public Health 300<br />Louisa Degenhardt and Wayne D. Hall</p>
<p>16 Research on Drugs and Social Characteristics 320<br />Kathryn M. Nowotny, Jessica Frankeberger, and Alice Cepeda</p>
<p>17 Public Safety and Public Health in a Geographic and Economic Context 335<br />Paul Draus and Juliette Roddy</p>
<p>Part VI Drugs and Adverse Social Experience 369</p>
<p>18 Drugs and Violent Crime 371<br />Henry H. Brownstein</p>
<p>19 Drugs and Violence in Personal and Intimate Relationships 387<br />Deborah Baskin and Ira Sommers</p>
<p>20 Markets and Distribution Systems: The Birth, Growth, and Transformation of UK Drug Markets 416<br />Tiggey May and Bina Bhardwa</p>
<p>Part VII Drugs as an Illicit Enterprise 443</p>
<p>21 The Criminalization of (Some) Drug ]Involved People 445<br />Neil McKeganey</p>
<p>22 The Culture and Subcultures of Illicit Drug Use and Distribution 460<br />Geoffrey Hunt and Karen Joe ]Laidler</p>
<p>23 Displacement Effects of Supply ]Reduction Policies in Latin America: A Tipping Point in Cocaine Trafficking, 2006 2008 482<br />Juan Carlos Garz&oacute;n and John Bailey</p>
<p>Part VIII Responding to the Problem and Problems of Drugs in Society 505</p>
<p>24 Drug Law Enforcement 507<br />Andrew Golub, Alex S. Bennett, and Luther C. Elliott</p>
<p>25 Drug Abuse Prevention through Early Childhood Intervention 525<br />Elizabeth B. Robertson, Belinda E. Sims, and Eve E. Reider</p>
<p>26 Dealing with Drug Users: Treatment 555<br />TaLisa J. Carter and Daniel O Connell</p>
<p>27 Drug Policy in the United States: A Dynamic Multilevel Experimental Environment 574<br />Duane C. McBride and Yvonne Terry ]McElrath</p>
<p>Index 594</p>