| Confronting the Drug Control Establishment: Alfred Lindesmith as a Public Intellectual Contributor(s): Keys, David Patrick (Author), Galliher, John F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791443930 ISBN-13: 9780791443934 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 99015029 |
| Series: Suny Deviance and Social Control |
| Physical Information: (1.02 lbs) 235 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Confronting the Drug Control Establishment is a biography of Alfred R. Lindesmith and an intellectual history of his times. A sociologist at Indiana University, Lindesmith believed legal prohibition of addictive drugs was futile and wrote widely on the threat to democracy inherent in such a policy. Lindesmith's career began during the 1930s and developed along with the emerging drug prohibitions in the early and mid-twentieth century. Throughout his life Lindesmith attempted to utilize his research for the creation of more rational and humane drug control laws. His consistent message was that the addict's self-concept is a central element in human addiction. Lindesmith felt that an overriding influence on an addict's self-concept is a fear of withdrawal, which keeps an addict from seeking treatment and becomes a key driving force in the drug problem. |
