{"product_id":"confronting-the-drug-control-establishment-david-patrick-keys-9780791443941","title":"Confronting the Drug Control Establishment: Alfred Lindesmith as a Public Intellectual","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExamines the career of sociologist Alfred R. Lindesmith, who argued against drug prohibitions from the 1930s onward, warning of the threat to democracy and advocating more humane drug control laws.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConfronting 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLindesmith'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Patrick Keys,John F. Galliher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791443949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791443941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.88h x 5.85w x 0.53d","brand":"David Patrick Keys","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448946012415,"sku":"9780791443941","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79de47b6-1ed9-4fdd-a7ec-b933c5900076.jpg?v=1777261293","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/confronting-the-drug-control-establishment-david-patrick-keys-9780791443941","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}