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Meth Mania : A History of Methamphetamine / Nicholas L. Parsons.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Social Problems, Social ConstructionsPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (242 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626373877
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.86/400973 23
LOC classification:
  • HV5822.A5
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 From Wonder Drug to Public Health Menace -- 2 Early Drug Use -- 3 The Emergence of Amphetamines -- 4 The First Scare: Speed Freaks -- 5 The Second Scare: Ice -- 6 The Third Scare: Crystal Meth -- 7 Context and Consequences -- 8 New Panics, New Approaches -- Appendix: Methodology Note -- Acronyms -- References -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Ice. Methedrine. Crank. Crystal. Whatever its guise, the social and political contexts of methamphetamine share a certain uniqueness. Nicholas Parsons chronicles the history and mythology of methamphetamine in the United States from the 1940s--when it was hailed as a wonder drug--to the present. In an intriguing analysis, he also makes an important contribution to our understanding of the social construction of social problems.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 From Wonder Drug to Public Health Menace -- 2 Early Drug Use -- 3 The Emergence of Amphetamines -- 4 The First Scare: Speed Freaks -- 5 The Second Scare: Ice -- 6 The Third Scare: Crystal Meth -- 7 Context and Consequences -- 8 New Panics, New Approaches -- Appendix: Methodology Note -- Acronyms -- References -- Index -- About the Book

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Ice. Methedrine. Crank. Crystal. Whatever its guise, the social and political contexts of methamphetamine share a certain uniqueness. Nicholas Parsons chronicles the history and mythology of methamphetamine in the United States from the 1940s--when it was hailed as a wonder drug--to the present. In an intriguing analysis, he also makes an important contribution to our understanding of the social construction of social problems.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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