Drug Use in Metropolitan America

By Mary Ellen Marsden

Book Overview

This book describes, relates and integrates findings from a study of the Washington DC metropolitan area that looked at the nature and extent of drug use in a single urban setting. The research strategy involved focusing particularly on groups which have been traditionally underrepresented in household populations. The book serves as a methodological primer on how to undertake a study such as this. It places these findings in the larger context of the national drug abuse problem, as well as related social ills such as crime and homelessness. A concluding chapter looks squarely at some of the implications of the study, pointing the way for further research, but especially for public policy decisions regarding drug use.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761903747
• ISBN13: 9780761903741
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.2"