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Research Topics on: narcotics

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Books on: narcotics

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Encyclopedia Articles on: narcotics

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  • Narcotic
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...nervous system. The chief narcotic drugs are opium , its...Uses In small doses narcotics have valuable medical...anticonvulsant action; also, narcotics relieve pain, while...are strict controls on narcotic prescription and administration...Nevertheless, addiction to narcotics, especially heroin...
     
  • Drug Addiction and Drug Abuse
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...time of the early Egyptians; narcotics from 4000 b.c.; and medicinal...drugs. In 1914 the Harrison Narcotic Act forbade sale of substantial...for doctors to prescribe any narcotic to addicts; many doctors...treatment were abandoned. Use of narcotics and cocaine diminished by...
     
  • Marijuana
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...should not be considered in the same class as narcotics and that U.S. marijuana laws should be relaxed...in the 1930s by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Narcotics (now the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs) sought to portray marijuana...
     
  • Bruce, Lenny
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...obscenity charges stemming from a New York City performance. He was also arrested for narcotics violations. In Aug., 1966, he died of an overdose of narcotics at the age of 41. After his death Bruce became a cult figure, considered by many...
     
  • Organized Crime
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...activities as gambling , prostitution , and the illicit use of narcotics. Organized crime is not limited to Western countries. The...profitable crime, such as labor racketeering, gambling, and narcotics traffic. The Syndicate The era of the 1920s had taught organized...
     

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