Meth Mania : : A History of Methamphetamine / / Nicholas L. Parsons.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Parsons, Nicholas L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Social Problems, Social Constructions
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (242 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables and Figures --; Acknowledgments --; 1 From Wonder Drug to Public Health Menace --; 2 Early Drug Use --; 3 The Emergence of Amphetamines --; 4 The First Scare: Speed Freaks --; 5 The Second Scare: Ice --; 6 The Third Scare: Crystal Meth --; 7 Context and Consequences --; 8 New Panics, New Approaches --; Appendix: Methodology Note --; Acronyms --; References --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781626373877; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781626373877
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Nicholas L. Parsons.

Ice. Methedrine. Crank. Crystal. Whatever its guise, the social and political contexts of methamphetamine share a certain uniqueness. Nicholas Parsons chronicles the history and mythology of methamphetamine in the United States from the 1940s--when it was hailed as a wonder drug--to the present. In an intriguing analysis, he also makes an important contribution to our understanding of the social construction of social problems.