The American Drug Scene: An Anthology

by James A. Inciardi, Karen McElrath, INCIARDI

Book Overview

Now in its sixth edition, The American Drug Scene, edited by James A. Inciardi and Karen McElrath, is a collection of contemporary and classic articles on the changing patterns, problems, perspectives, and policies of legal and illicit drug use. Offering a unique focus on the social contexts in which drug usage, drug-related problems, and drug policies occur, it presents theoretical and descriptive material drawn from both ethnographic and quantitative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199739293
• ISBN13: 9780199739295
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.0" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

A wonderful collection

This anthology brings together a wide range of sociological viewpoints on different drugs and the scenes in which they are popular. It presents critiques and observations of the social phenomena that drug use has become in America. While many of the articles are presented with the appearance of unbiased "academese", there are also opinion essays that offer insight to both sides of this highly controversial and oft emotional subject.