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Synthetic Panics - The Symbolic Politics of Designer Drugs (Paperback) Loot Price: R893
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Synthetic Panics - The Symbolic Politics of Designer Drugs (Paperback): Philip Jenkins

Synthetic Panics - The Symbolic Politics of Designer Drugs (Paperback)

Philip Jenkins

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America has a long history of drug panics in which countless social problems have been blamed on the devastating effects of some harmful substance. In the last forty years, such panics have often focused on synthetic or designer drugs, like methamphetamine, PCP, Ecstasy, methcathinone, and rave drugs like ketamine, and GHB. Fear of these substances has provided critical justification for the continuing "war on drugs."

Synthetic Panics traces the history of these anti-drug movements, demonstrating that designer chemicals inspire so much fear not because they are uniquely dangerous, but because they bring into focus deeply rooted public concerns about social and cultural upheaval. Jenkins highlights the role of the mass media in spreading anti-drug hysteria and shows how proponents of the war on drugs use synthetic panics to scapegoat society's "others" and exacerbate racial, class, and intergenerational conflict.

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Imprint: New York University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 1999
First published: July 1999
Authors: Philip Jenkins
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-4244-0
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > Drug addiction & substance abuse
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LSN: 0-8147-4244-0
Barcode: 9780814742440

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