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| Topic Guide |
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| UNIT 1 Living with Drugs |
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Opium, Cocaine, and Marijuana in American History |
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A Drug Trade Primer for the Late 1990s |
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One Nation under the Table |
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New Museum Traces History of Drugs in the U.S. |
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Just Don't Say No, Not Us |
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| UNIT 2 Understanding How Drugs Work --- Use, Dependence, and Addiction |
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Addiction and the Brain --- Part I |
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A Little Help from Serotonin |
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Cocaine Wreaks Subtle Damage on Developing Brains |
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What Type of Addict Are You? |
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52 | (3) |
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Alcoholism: Character or Genetics? |
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55 | (3) |
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New Pieces Filling in Addiction Puzzle |
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| UNIT 3 The Major Drugs of Use and Abuse |
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Resisting Cocaine's Tragic Lure |
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70 | (2) |
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Heroin and Cocaine---A Global Threat |
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74 | (5) |
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Generation Wired: Caffeine Is the New Drug of Choice for Kids |
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Opium as Cash Crop Is Still Difficult to Beat |
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Hidden Dangers of Over the Counter Drugs |
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| UNIT 4 Other Trends and Patterns in Drug Use |
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College Students Drunk on Campus Drinking Lore, Tradition |
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104 | (2) |
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106 | (4) |
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Sex Sells: Viagra Heats Up Market for Sexual Supplements |
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113 | (3) |
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New Date-Rape Drug Emerges: Metro Parents Worry Legal Product Touted by Health Stores, Internet Threatens Teens |
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| UNIT 5 Drugs and Crime |
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Border Trafficking: Where the U.S. and Mexico Meet, the Drug Smugglers Are Riding High |
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Raising the Stakes in U.S.-Mexico Drug Wars |
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132 | (2) |
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Drugs, Crime, Prison and Treatment |
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| UNIT 6 Measuring the Social Costs of Drugs |
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Editorial: Substance Abuse and Addiction-the Need to Know |
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Visualizing America's Drug Problems: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Illegal Drug Stories on the Nightly News |
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154 | (1) |
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Pregnant, Hooked & Booked |
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158 | (2) |
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The Facts about Women, Alcohol |
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Medical Care of Heroin Users |
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162 | (4) |
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| UNIT 7 Creating and Sustaining Effective Drug Control Policy |
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America's Drug Problem and Its Policy of Denial |
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168 | (4) |
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Strange Bedfellows: Ideology, Politics, and Drug Legalization |
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Germany: A Strict Approach |
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184 | (2) |
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The Netherlands: Let's Be Realistic |
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186 | (3) |
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Q: Would Legalizing Drugs Serve America's National Interest? |
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189 | (5) |
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Industry Foes Fume over the Tobacco Deal |
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| UNIT 8 Prevention and Treatment |
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The Tenacity of Error in the Treatment of Addiction |
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198 | (6) |
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Outpatient Detoxification from Alcohol, Opiates, and Stimulants |
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204 | (3) |
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The Peer Principle: The Key to Addiction Treatment |
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207 | (2) |
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Needle Exchanges: Prevention or Problem? |
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209 | (2) |
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Can Addiction-Related Self-Help/Mutual Aid Groups Lower Demand for Professional Substance Abuse Treatment? |
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211 | (3) |
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214 | (2) |
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DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education): Very Popular but Not Very Effective |
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216 | (5) |
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| Glossary |
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221 | (4) |
| Index |
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225 | (3) |
| Article Review Form |
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228 | (1) |
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