Contemporary Drug Problems articles from December 1994

Contemporary Drug Problems archives from December 1994

Indian prohibition and tribal disorganization in the trans-Missouri West, 1802-1862.(New Work in the Social History of Alcohol: 2. Patterns of Institutional Response)
December 22, 1994... The author, a professor of history of Wichita State University (Wichita, KS 67260-0045), has published articles and books on Indian/white relations in the U.S. and is presently completing a book on Indian removal and prohibition in the American...

A spectrum of cultural constructs: the interrelationship between social, legal, and medical constructs of intemperate behavior in Parisian drinking, 1860-1914.(New Work in the Social History of Alcohol: 2. Patterns of Institutional Response)
December 22, 1994... The notion of the cultural construction of medical and social scientific knowledge has become one of the most fruitful and controversial concepts in the history of science as well as in the history of drink.(1) The spirit of Michel Foucault...

Building systems to manage inebriates: the divergent paths of California and Massachusetts.(New Work in the Social History of Alcohol: 2. Patterns of Institutional Response)
December 22, 1994... Building Systems to Manage Inebriates: The Divergent Paths of California and Massachusetts, 1891-1920 Early social-welfare system builders tried between 1891 and 1920 to create public systems to manage habitual drunkards and drug users, with some...

The relationship between research and policy: case studies from the postwar history of drugs and alcohol. (United Kingdom)(New Work in the Social History of Alcohol: 2. Patterns of Institutional Response)
December 22, 1994... The relationship between scientific research and public policy has been much discussed in recent years. It is often assumed by those who promote this relationship that "research" and "science" are objective and value-free processes and that only...

Consumption and availability of alcoholic beverages in the United States, 1863-1920.
December 22, 1994... It is a curious fact that since the publication in 1979 of W. J. Rorabaugh's The Alcoholic Republic, students of American drinking patterns have known more about the period before 1840 than about the years between that date and the onset - a...

Pursuit of Ecstasy: The MDMA Experience.
December 22, 1994... Pursuit of Ecstasy: The MDMA Experience has two stories to tell. One is about MDMA users: who are they, and what experience are they seeking? The other is about the user's nemesis, the Drug Enforcement Administration: did the DEA act too...