The American Drug Culture

Preface About the Authors Chapter 1: Introduction: Sociological and Other Explanations for Drug and Alcohol Use and Abuse The Growing Nationwide Opioid Epidemic Sociological Explanations Criminological Explanations Feminist Approaches Other Perspectives Researching Drug and Alcohol Use Chapter 2: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs The War on Drugs and the Federal Schedules "Good Drugs" and "Bad Drugs": The Media, Labeling, and the Changing Image of Marijuana Is There a Drug Epidemic? Trends in Drug Use Chapter 3. Drinking Alcohol: The Alcohol Culture Ideological Alcohol Culture Behavioral Alcohol Culture Material Alcohol Culture Social Functions of Drinking Brief History of Drinking in America Drinking and Occupations Chapter 4: Alcohol and Social Institutions Alcohol and the Family Alcohol and Religion Alcohol and Education Alcohol and Government Alcohol and Public Opinion Chapter 5: Benefits and Costs of Alcohol Benefits of Alcohol Costs of Alcohol 6. Alcohol in Popular Culture Depictions of Drinking and Alcohol in Art Movies and Television Commercials Alcohol and Music Magazines Alcohol and Literature Drinking Games Jokes Chapter 7: Alcohol and Sexual Behavior Drinking and Disinhibition People and Places: Drinking Contexts and Sexuality Chapter 8: Alcoholism Perspectives On and Explanations of Alcoholism Becoming Alcoholic Relapse and Abstinence Cycles The Family and Alcoholism Treating Alcoholism Chapter 9: The History of Drug Use in America and Attempts to Control it The Origin of Hashish and the Persian Assassins Chinese Opium Wars Controlling Drug Use The Geneva International Commission Medicalizing Drug Use The Drug Abuse Warning Network The Marijuana Controversy Chapter 10: Drugs in Popular Culture Art Literature and Poetry Music Comedy Magazines Movies and Television Relationship between Licit and Illicit Drug Use and the Media Relationship Between Marijuana, Heroin, and Other Harder Drugs: Is Marijuana a Gateway Drug? Chapter 11: Becoming a Drug User: Careers, Personalities, and Interaction - Two Perspectives A Psychotherapeutic Approach A Reporter's Observations A Sociological Perspective Chapter 12: The Business of Drug Use: Crime and Law Enforcement The Mexico-U.S. Drug Connection Drugs and Secondary Deviance Women and Drug Dealing Crack Dealing Drugs and the Mafia Drug Cartels and the Market for Drugs Law Enforcement Medical Professionals and Drugs Chapter 13: Prevention and Treatment of Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders Prevention Efforts Programs Directed at Youth Diversion: Drug Court Psychotherapy Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Rehabilitation Program Studies Informal Self-Help Programs: Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous Therapeutic Communities Methadone Maintenance An Innovative Approach Unconventional Approaches Appendix A: Case Histories: Alcohol Abusers Appendix B: Case Histories: Drug Abusers References Index