Contemporary Drug Problems articles from March 1998

Contemporary Drug Problems archives from March 1998

Games people play: sex, alcohol and condom use among urban Norwegians.
March 22, 1998... No two places are the same, and no two cultures have exactly the same rules and expressions, even when it comes to human sexuality. This "thing" that moves us so, this very natural, fascinatingly variable form of action, has come to represent, in...

The hangover: an ambiguous concept in workplace alcohol policy.
March 22, 1998... Hangovers constitute a challenge to the formulation of policies concerning alcohol and intoxication in the workplace. In the absence of literature directly addressing this issues, this paper is an effort to shed more light on the nature of...

Alcohol in the news: the role for researchers.
March 22, 1998... And now, the news. Sex and drugs, suicide and violence: This time we're not talking about the mob. A national commission reports that because of them, today's American teenagers are less healthy than their parents were as teens. The leading...

The public interest and liquor licenses in Ontario.
March 22, 1998... The Liquor Licence Act is the dominant legislation in Ontario dealing with alcohol consumption. It defines what liquor is and who can drink what liquor when and where. The act's purpose, as reflected in the Liquor Licence Board, is to promote...

Organizing to reduce neighborhood alcohol problems: a frontline account. (Toronto)
March 22, 1998... My neighborhood, Parkdale, is in the west end of the city of Toronto. Once a wealthy and prestigious area, its strength now lies in the diversity and vitality of its residents. Like many neighborhoods, it has problems. But Parkdale has a long...

Cocaine, kicks, and strain: patterns of substance use in Milwaukee gangs.
March 22, 1998... What do we know about drug use among inner-city gangs? Unfortunately, not too much. In an era when a "war on drugs" drives public policy, social scientists ought to be able to go beyond generalities and describe actual patterns of drug use by...

Cultural models of masculinity and drug use: "machismo," heroin, and street survival on the U.S.-Mexico border.
March 22, 1998... KEY WORDS: Masculinity, drug use, US-Mexico border. This paper examines the complex interrelations among "machismo," drug use and aggression among injection drug users (IDUs) in a U.S.-Mexico border community. Underscored is the directive...

A Presidential commission on drug policy: instrument of reform or defender of the status quo?
March 22, 1998... Critics of the War on Drugs often invoke the two reports of the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse (1971-73) to signify an alternative conception of drug control policy, one rooted in the tradition of public health rather than...

The Last Resort: Scenes from a Transient Hotel.
March 22, 1998... The Last Resort: Scenes from a Transient Hotel, by Aggie Max (San Francisco' Chronicle Books, 1997), 175 pp., $18.95 (cloth only). With the Great Depression, the modest workingmen's hotels of downtown America began a decline into disrepair and...