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Tables of Contents for The War on Drugs III
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
About the Author
xii
The Mysteries and Miseries of Intoxication and Addiction
1
14
Roots, Berries, and Grains: Thoughts on Cocktails and Other Libations in Stone-Age Culture
2
1
Word Games, Toad Slime, and the FDA: Trivial Distinctions Between Drug use, Drug Misuse, and Drug Abuse
3
2
Answering the Enigmatic Question: Is It Drug Addiction or Drug Dependence?
5
3
How Many Drug Abusers are there?
8
4
Postscript
12
3
PART I DRUG FADS, FASHIONS, AND EPIDEMICS: PERSPECTIVES ON THE HISTORY OF GETTING HIGH IN AMERICA
From Dover's Powder to the Evil Weed of the Fields: The Early History of Drug Use in the United States
15
26
Thomas Dover, Robinson Crusoe, and the Great American Medicine Show
16
4
Triplex Liver Pills, French Wine Coca, and the Introduction of Cocaine to the United States
20
3
The Peculiar Legacy of Bayer Laboratories
23
2
Rock Oil, The Red Clause, and the Emergence of Antidrug Legislation
25
4
Snow Parties, German War Propaganda, and the Rise of the Criminal Addict
29
2
Marijuana: The Evil Weed of the Fields, River Beds, and Roadsides
31
5
Postscript
36
5
Everybody Smokes Dope: Drug Use in Post-World War II America
41
28
The Road to H
41
3
Whatever Happened to Timothy Leary?
44
6
From Black Beauty to King Kong
50
2
The Many Lives of Captain Quaalude
52
2
Everybody Smokes Dope
54
4
TIC, Rocket Fuel, and the Specter of the Living Dead
58
4
Postscript
62
7
Binge Drinking, Raves, and Mickey Finn: Drugs and the Youth Culture at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century
69
28
Alcohol: The Devil's Kindling
69
8
Aqua Vitae, Ambrosia, and the Corruptor of Youth
70
3
Bladder Busting and Drinking to Get Drunk
73
4
Club Cultures and Club Drugs
77
6
House, Techno, and Trance
77
2
XTC, Special K, and Other Club Drugs
79
4
The Changing Life of Mickey Finn: Date-Rape Drugs---Yesterday and Today
83
4
Knockout Drops
83
2
Rohypnol: A Twenty-First-Century Mickey Finn
85
2
Brews and Blends Both Familiar and Strange: The Adulteration of Part Drugs
87
3
Caffeine: A Domesticated Drug
87
1
Ersatz XTC
88
2
Postscript
90
7
PART II SHIT, SMACK, AND SUPERFLY: THE MOST DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES ON EARTH
China White and Mexican Black: Comments on the Nature and Use of Heroin and Other Narcotics
97
32
What, Indeed, Are Narcotic Drugs?
98
3
Heroin: ``The Most Dangerous Substance on Earth''
101
9
Adventures on the Opium Express
102
5
Mexican Black Tar and Colombian Death Wish
107
3
H is for Heaven, H is for Hell, H is for Heroin
110
5
Gambling with Death
115
5
The Heroin Epidemics
120
2
Heroin Chic and the Gen-X Junkie
122
1
Postscript
123
6
Cocaine, Crack, and Other Masquerades for Mama Coca
129
38
Cocaine: ``The Most Dangerous Substance on Earth''
130
15
Adventure along the Cocaine Highway
130
9
The Colombian Cocaine Cartels
139
2
Fire in the Brain
141
4
Coca Paste and Hurricane Crack: The Smoking of Mama Coca
145
7
The Discovery of Crack
145
1
Unraveling Crack Cocaine
146
6
Sketches from the Crack Hustle
152
5
Cracks, Hard White, and Eight-Ball
153
2
``Crack Is My Pimp''
155
2
The Crack Baby Myth
157
4
Postscript
161
6
PART III CONSEQUENCES OF DRUG TAKING AND DRUG SEEKING
Legends of the Living Dead: Unraveling the Drugs/Crime Connection
167
34
Religious Alchemy, The Saga of D. B. Cooper, and The Genesis of the Drug Myths
168
2
The Tale of a Terrible Vice
170
2
Fables and Parables of the ``Living Dead''
172
4
Drugs, Sex, and Rock 'N' Roll
176
6
The Riddle of the Sphinx
182
3
America's First War on Drugs
185
4
Heroin, Cocaine, and Crime in the Streets
189
1
The Drugs/Violence Connection
190
4
Postscript
194
7
Mainlining in the Shadow of Death: Probing the HIV/AIDS---Drugs Connection
201
46
AIDS: A Strange Disease of Uncertain Origins
201
12
The Emergence of AIDS
202
3
The Vengeance of Anita Bryant
205
1
Exploring the Viral Frontier
206
3
The Origins of HIV/AIDS
209
4
Mainlining Death
213
8
Shooting Galleries and Injection Drug Use
213
4
Shooting Galleries and Viral Contamination
217
3
Rip Offs and Running Partners
220
1
Viral Hepatitis and Injection Drug Use
221
3
The Dilemmas of Drugs, Sex, HCV, and HIV/AIDS
224
12
HIV Risk Reduction among Injection and Other Drug Users
225
6
Trojans, Rubbers, Frogskins, and Bishops: A Brief Discourse on Condoms, both Male and Female
231
4
Needle/Syringe Exchange
235
1
Postscript
236
11
PART IV STRATEGIES IN THE WAR ON DRUGS
The Great Drug War: Policies and Programs to Reduce Drug Supply and Demand
247
30
Supply-Reduction Strategies
248
14
Fat Albert, Blue Thunder, and Posse Comitatus: Weapons for the New War Drugs
248
3
The Conch Republic Rebellion
251
1
Zero Tolerance
252
1
Presidents, Czars, Chiefs, and Generals: Leadership for the War on Drugs
253
6
The 2000 National Drug Control Strategy
259
3
Demand-Reduction Strategies
262
9
Substance Abuse Prevention
263
4
Substance Abuse Treatment
267
4
Postscript
271
6
The Great Drug Debate: The War on American Drug Policy
277
28
Legalization of Drugs: The Professed Benefits
278
1
Unresolved Issues in the Quest for a Legalized Drug Market
279
2
The Public Health and Behavioral Consequences Argument
281
4
The Crime and Enslavement Argument
285
3
The Drugs/Violence Argument
288
3
The Expanded Market Argument
291
1
Sophism, Legalization, and Illicit Drug Use
292
3
Prohibition Versus Regulation
295
2
Postscript
297
8
What Is Harm Reduction?
298
7
Epilogue War Is Not the Answer
305
4
Appendix A General Drug Terms and Concepts
309
5
Appendix B Scheduling Provisions of the Federal Controlled Substance Act
314
2
Name Index
316
2
Subject Index
318