The American drug scene: readings in a global context

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Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Editors

About the Contributors

Introduction

Part I. Historical Perspectives and Images of Drug Use and Addiction

1. *Inciardi, J. A. and McElrath, K. (2014). The evolution of drug taking and drug seeking in America.

2. *Courtwright, David T. (1983). The hidden epidemic: Opiate addiction and cocaine use in the South, 1860-1920. History Faculty Publications. Paper 3.

3. Anslinger, H. J. and Cooper, C. R. (1937). Marijuana: Assassin of youth.

Part II. Moral Panics and the Social Construction of Drug Use

4. *Armstrong, E. M. and Abel, E. L. (2000). Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: The origins of a moral panic. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 35: 276-282.

5. *Bright, S. J., Bishop, B., Kane, R., Marsh, A, and Barratt M. J. (2013). Kronic hysteria: Exploring the intersection between Australian synthetic cannabis legislation, the media, and drug-related harm. International Journal of Drug Policy, 24: 231-237.

Part III. The Onset of Drug Use

6. Weil, A. (1998). Why people take drugs. In A. Weil, The Natural Mind. New York: Houghton Mifflin.

7. Becker, H. S. (1953). Becoming a marihuana user. American Journal of Sociology, 59:? 235-242.

8. * Mui, H. Z., Sales, P., and S. Murphy (2013). Everybody's doing it: Initiation to

prescription drug misuse. Journal of Drug Issues, forthcoming.

Part IV. Stages of Drug Use

9. * Reiman, A. (2009). Cannabis as a substitute for alcohol and other drugs. Harm Reduction Journal, 6:35.

10. *Boeri, M. W., Harbry, L., and Gibson, D. (2009). A qualitative exploration of trajectories among suburban users of methamphetamine. Journal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research, 3: 139-151.

Part V. Power, Privilege and Drug Use: Race, Ethnicity, Social Class, Gender, and Sexual Identity

11. *Jackson-Jacobs, C. (2004). Hard drugs in a soft context: Managing trouble and crack use on a college campus. Sociological Quarterly, 45: 835-856.

12. *Bell, Kristin and Amy Salmon.(2009). Pain, physical dependence and pseudoaddiction: Redefining addiction for "nice" people?" International Journal of Drug Policy. 20: 170-178.

13. * Linnemann, T., Hanson, L., and Williams, L. S. (2013). With scenes of blood and pain: Crime control and the punitive imagination of the Meth Project. British Journal of Criminology, 53: 605-623.

14. *Peralta, R. L. (2008). "Alcohol allows you to not be yourself": Toward a structured understanding of alcohol use and gender difference among gay, lesbian, and heterosexual youth. Journal of Drug Issues, 38: 373-399.

Part VI. Subcultures, Social Networks and Drug Scenes

15. *Varga, M. D. (2012). Adderall abuse on college campuses: A comprehensive literature review. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 9: 293-313.

16. Preble, E. and Casey, J. J. (1969). Taking care of business: The heroin user's life on the street. International Journal of the Addictions, 4: 1-24.

Part VII. Rituals and Drug-Use Practices

17. *French, L. A. (2008). Psychoactive agents and Native American spirituality: Past and present. Contemporary Justice Review, 11: 155-163.

18. *Boeri, M. W., Sterk, C. E., Bahora, M., Elifson, K. W. (2008). Poly-drug use among ecstasy users: Separate, synergistic, and indiscriminate patterns. Journal of Drug Issues, 38: 517-541.

19. *McElrath, K. and Harris, J. (2013). Peer injecting: Implications for injecting order and blood-borne viruses among men and women who inject heroin. Journal of Substance Use, 18: 31-45.

Part VIII. Drug Markets

20. *Taylor, M. and Potter, G. R. (2013). From "social supply" to "real dealing": Drift, friendship, and trust in drug dealing careers. Journal of Drug Issues, forthcoming.

21. *McElrath, K. and Van Hout, M. C. (2011). A preference for mephedrone: Drug markets, drugs of choice, and the emerging "legal high" scene. Journal of Drug Issues, 41: 487-508.

22. *Taylor, A. (2012). Step by step: A situational analysis of drug business disputes. Journal of Drug Issues, 42: 279-297.

Part IX. Social Control and Surveillance

23. *DiThomas, M. (2012). Drug testing promotes workplace safety. Occupational Health and Safety, 1 October.

24. *Independent Inquiry into Drug Testing at Work (2004). Drug testing in the workplace. Executive summary. York (England): Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

25. *Finley, L. L. (2007). Our schools are better than yours: Schools and their hypocrisy regarding drug use. Contemporary Justice Review, 10: 365-381.

Part X. Drug Prevention and Treatment

26. *Rosenbaum, M. (2012). Safety first: A reality-based approach to teens, drugs, and drug education. New York: Drug Policy Alliance (new publisher).

27. Surratt, H. L. (XXXX ). Gender-specific issues in the treatment of drug-involved women.

28. *Green, L. L., Fullilove, M. T., and Fullilove, R. E. (2005). Remembering the lizard: Reconstructing sexuality in the rooms of Narcotics Anonymous. Journal of Sex Research, 42: 28-34.

29. *Harris, J. and McElrath, K. (2012). Methadone as social control: Institutionalized stigma and the prospect of recovery. Qualitative Health Research 22: 810-824.

Part XI. Harm Reduction

30. *McLean, K. (2012). Needle exchange and the geography of survival in the South Bronx. International Journal of Drug Policy, 23: 295-302.

31. *Jacinto, C., Duterte, M., Sales, P., and S. Murphy (2008). Maximising the highs and minimising the lows: Harm reduction guidance within ecstasy distribution networks. International Journal of Drug Policy, 19: 393-400.

Part XII. Drugs, Street Crime and Criminal Justice

32. Surratt, H. L., Inciardi, J. A., Kurtz, S.. P., and Kiley, M. C. (2004). Sex work and drug use in a subculture of violence. Crime and Delinquency, 50: 43-59.

33. *Lindsay, J. (2012). The gendered trouble with alcohol: Young people managing alcohol related violence. International Journal of Drug Policy, 23: 236-241.

34. *Gotsch, K. (2011). Breakthrough in U.S. drug sentencing reform: The Fair Sentencing Act and the unfinished reform agenda. Washington, D. C.: Washington Office on Latin America.

35. *Alexander, M. (2011). The new Jim Crow. Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, 9: 7-26.

36. *Drug Policy Alliance (2011). Drug courts are not the answer: Toward a health-centered approach. New York: Author.

Part XIII. Policy Considerations

37. * Bostwick, J. M. (2012). Blurred boundaries: The therapeutics and politics of medical marijuana. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 87: 172-186.

38. *Hakim, P. (2011). Rethinking US drug policy. Oxford: Beckley Foundation. (I will use pages 1-16 only - about 6,000 words).

39. *Mercille, J. (2011). The U.S. "War on Drugs" in Afghanistan. Critical Asian Studies, 43: 285-309.

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