HaCKeRz Kr0nlcKLeZ 1/HaCKeRz Kr0nlcKLeZ.iso/drugs/faq-bibliography-new

Text File | 1996-05-06 | 18.7 KB | 565 lines

A Pro-User Anti-Prohibition Drug Bibliography.
----------------------------------------------
v.1.5 -- last updated 10/25/95

I started this list to suggest introductory readings on the
contemporary American drug situation, to provide references
giving a historical context to today's drug culture, and to offer a
list of basic readings on the political-philosophical aspects of
drug use.

Copy & distribute this as you please, so long as you leave it
intact.  Some of these books may be hard to find, so feel free to
forward it to your favorite bookstore, library, teacher, or anyone
who wants to start researching drug use and its accompanying
issues.  If you have any suggestions or book lists of your own,
please contact me.

-----
Tommy Ranks -- Friend of a Friend -- [e-mail]
Drug Culture/History: http://www.paranoia.com/~foucault/Babel
-----



-----------
Introductory
-----------

DRUGS, Richard G. Schlaadt and Peter T. Shannon.  Prentice
Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1990.

Focusing on the dangers and potentials for abuse of many
drugs, this book also covers the social and legal aspects of the
major contemporary drugs.  Fairly well-balanced, discusses
both the risks of drug use and the rationality of legalization.



DRUGS: FACTS, ALTERNATIVES, DECISIONS, James M.
Corry and Peter Cimbolic.  Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing
Company, 1985.

A textbook that aims to reduce drug-use by honestly and
unhysterically discussing the effects of drugs and their legal and
social status, as well as studying the reasons people use drugs,
and offering alternate methods of reaching altered
consciousnesses.  A reasonable approach, accentuating the user
and the natural desire to achieve altered states of mind.



DRUGS, SOCIETY, AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR, Oakley Ray
and Charles Ksir.  Saint Louis: Times Mirror/Mosby College
Publishing, 1990.

An excellent general overview, covering drug use and
regulation, pharmacological basics, in-depth analyses of the
legal drugs, tranquilizers and stimulants, narcotics,
hallucinogens, and marijuana, and comments on "a rational look
at drug use."  Well-documented with an abundance of relevant
quotes and statistics; a rich set of references follow each chapter.
The earlier editions are somewhat dated, but the later ones,
especially the 1993 edition, are well-illustrated and designed for
textbook use.



THE FACTS ABOUT DRUG USE: COPING WITH DRUGS
AND ALCOHOL IN YOUR FAMILY, AT WORK, IN YOUR
COMMUNITY, Barry Stimel.  New York: The Hayworth
Medical Press, 1993.

Co-authored by the editors of Consumer Reports Books, this
attempts to be a thorough and non-judgmental review of the
most commonly used drugs, and their social and physiological
effects.



LIVING WITH DRUGS, Michael Gossop.  Aldershot: Ashgate
Publishing LTD., 1993.

Covers the history and effects of the major drugs, discusses
"archetypal drugs of abuse", as well as several myths regarding
drug abuse.  Chapters about the human search for altered
experience and the social context of drugs.



RECREATIONAL DRUGS, Lawrence A. Young, Linda G.
Young, Marjorie M. Klein, Donald M. Klein, Dorianne Beyer.
New York: Berkley Books, 1977.

1-12 page chapters cover everything from Acid to DMT to
Morphine to Spanish Fly to Yohimbe, dispelling many myths
and offering a lot of history.  Useful in that it covers many
substances often left out in other introductory books.



RESPONSIBLE DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE, Ruth C. Engs.
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1979.

Slightly dated, covers the basic drugs, laws, and physiological
actions; includes many figures, diagrams, photographs, and
self-examining quizzes.




---------------------
Cultural / Historical
---------------------

THE ALCHEMY OF CULTURE: INTOXICANTS IN
SOCIETY, Richard Rudgley.  London: British Museum Press,
1993.

A thorough and well-illustrated (though sometimes confusingly
sequenced) text on the uses of intoxicants from the Stone Age to
the European Middle Ages to the present.  In each case, the role
of the intoxicant in question (fly agaric, hashish, hallucinogens,
etc.) is examined in the context of its particular culture.



THE ARTIFICIAL PARADISES IN FRENCH LITERATURE:
1. The Influence of Opium and Hashish on the Literature of
French Romanticism and *Les Fleurs Du Mal*, Emanuel J.
Mickel, Jr.  (University of North Carolina - Studies in the
Romance Languages and Literatures Number 84.)  Chapel Hill:
The University of North Carolina Press, 1969.

Particularly useful for its second and third chapters, "Historical
Considerations of Opium and Hashish", and "Opium and
Hashish in the Literary Society of the Nineteenth Century",
which give many examples of productive drug use and lore.
Also covers historical medical use, and ends with a detailed
examination of Opium and Hashish use on the French
Romantics, focusing on Baudelaire.  Well worth reading,
though probably hard to find.



COCA EXOTICA: THE ILLUSTRATED STORY OF
COCAINE, Joseph Kennedy.  New York: Cornwall Books,
1985.

A well-illustrated guide to the history of cocaine, its impact on
the cultures with which it has interacted, and the reasons for its
misuse and disfavor today.



DRUGS, ADDICTION, AND INITIATION: THE MODERN
SEARCH FOR RITUAL, Luigi Zoja.  Boston: Sigo Press,
1989.

About the way drugs are used/abused as expressions of a need
for cultural fulfillment which is not being met today, and which
ultimately ends in consumerism.  A good criticism of many
contemporary drug scenes.



FOOD OF THE GODS: THE SEARCH FOR THE ORIGINAL
TREE OF KNOWLEDGE, Terence McKenna.  New York:
Bantam Books, 1992.

Attempts to construct a unified theory of the spiritual uses of
drugs by examining their use throughout history.



THE FORBIDDEN GAME: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF
DRUGS, Brian Inglis.  London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1975.

The use of drugs alcohol, opium, cannabis, and other drugs
through (mostly European) history; the last half of the book
focuses on modern prohibition.  Many specific examples of
drug-users' contributions to civilization.



HALLUCINOGENS AND SHAMANISM, Michael J. Harner,
Ed.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1973.

A collection of essays that take a social anthropological
approach: "Banisteriopsis Usage among the Peruvian
Cashinahua", "The Sound of Running Water", "Visions and
Cures among the Sharanahua", "Shamanism and Priesthood in
Light of the Campa Ayahuasca Ceremony", "Shamanism and
Peyote Use among the Apaches of the Mescalero Indian
Reservation", "Curing with Ayahuasca in an Urban Slum", "The
Mushrooms of Language", "The Role of Hallucinogenic Plants
in European Witchcraft", "Common Themes in South American
Indian Yage Experiences", "Psychological Aspects of the Yage
Experience in an Experimental Setting".



HALLUCINOGENS: CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES,
Marlene Dobkin de Rios.  Albuquerque: University of New
Mexico Press, 1984.

Covers the use of hallucinogens in aboriginal and non-European
cultures, mostly covering South and Central Americans, with
chapters on Australians, Siberians, and Plains Indians of North
America.  Ends with a section, "Cross-cultural motifs".



INTOXICATION: LIFE IN PURSUIT OF ARTIFICIAL
PARADISE, Ronald K. Siegel, Ph.D.  New York: E.P. Dutton,
1989.

An excellent venture into the realm of the biological, historical,
and sociological aspects of drug use.  Experiments with lab
animals given drugs are mixed with stories of field research.
The results of habitual use are explored and given a historical
context; a case is made for intoxication being a "fourth drive",
and the implications of drug use in society are discussed.



PHARMAKO/POEIA: PLANT POWERS, POISONS, AND
HERBCRAFT, Dave Pendell. San Francisco: Mercury House,
1995.

A blend of fiction and nonfiction, theory and history, poetry,
text, and illustration.  A free-verse new-age-y tome on the nature
of plants and their effects on the mind, it divides intoxicants into
Thanatopathia, Inebriantia, Euphorica, Phantastica, and
Excitantia, and goes from there.  Backs itself with numerous
quotes and illustrations from varied sources.



SOCIETY AND DRUGS: DRUGS 1: SOCIAL AND
CULTURAL OBSERVATIONS, Richard H. Blum and
associates.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc. 1970.

132 pages of the history of drugs is followed by a cross-cultural
study of drug use styles in non-literate societies, a case study of
drinking behavior in Greece, a world view of drug use, some
political chapters, the effect of the belief in demons on drug
thought today, and a chapter on hippies.



TASTES OF PARADISE: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF SPICES,
STIMULANTS, AND INTOXICANTS, Wolfgang
Schivelbusch, transl. from the German by David Jacobson.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1992.

A systematic study of *Genussmittel* - "articles of pleasure"
which also, the author argues, tie the individual closer to
society, often advancing that society in the process.  Begins with
the European spice trade in the Middle Ages and moves through
coffee, chocolate, tobbacco, liquor, opium and hashish.




------------------------
Political/Philosophical
------------------------

AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR: RETHINKING OUR
TRAGIC CRUSADE AGAINST DRUGS, Stephen B. Duke
and Albert C. Gross.  New York: G.P. Putnam, 1993.

Compares the debilitating effect of drug-use on society to the far
greater debilitating effects of a "war" against drug-users on
society.  Begins considering the various forms of legalization.
Well-documented.



BREAKING THE IMPASSE IN THE WAR ON DRUGS,
Steven Wisotsky.  New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.

Examines the corruption, loss of liberty, and black market
networks created by the illegality of drugs, focusing on cocaine.
Discusses the reasons for the intractability of the situation, and
points towards solutions.



THE CASE FOR LEGALIZING DRUGS, Richard Lawrence
Miller.  New York: Praeger Publishers, 1991.

After briefly describing the effects of the major drugs, and the
impact of the drug user on society, the argument is made that the
drug laws filled mostly social and political needs: "Because drug
control was not the purpose of the restrictive laws, it is
unsurprising that drug use has thrived despite them."  Many of
the myths surrounding drug use are then dispelled, and past
experiences with legalization are studied.  A good argument
clearly stated.



CONFRONTING DRUG POLICY: ILLICIT DRUGS IN A
FREE SOCIETY, Ronald Bayer and Gerald M. Oppenheimer,
eds.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

A collection of essays: "The Great Drug Policy Debate -- What
Means This Thing Called Decriminalization", "The Social
Demography of Drug Use", "Drug Policy: Striking the Right
Balance", "Drug Legalization and the Minority Poor", "Social
Behavior, Public Policy, and Nonharmful Drug Use", "From
Prohibition to Regulation: Lessons from Alcohol Policy for
Drug Policy", "To Build a Bridge: The Use of Foreign Models
by Domestic Critics of U.S. Drug Policy", "Drugs, the Criminal
Law, and the Administration of Justice", "Compulsory
Treatment for Drug-dependent Persons: Justifications for a
Public Health Approach to Drug Dependency", "Helping
Women Help Children: Drug Policy and Future Generations",
"Medicalization of Psychoactive Substance Use and the Doctor-
Patient Relationship", "Legalizing Drugs: Lessons from (and
about) Economics".



DRUG CONTROL IN THE AMERICAS, William O. Walker.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1989.

A in-depth historical look at the political, production and
transportation drug issues between the United States of America
and Latin America up to the late 1940s, and the cultural
differences that contributed to the current situation.



DRUG LEGALIZATION: FOR AND AGAINST, edited by
Rod L. Evans and Irwin M. Berent.  La Salle, Illinois: Open
Court Publishing, 1992.

An indispensable guide to the major arguments over
contemporary American drug policy.  A collection of essays by
experts such as Milton Friedman, Ethan A. Nadelmann, Thomas
Szasz, William J. Benett, Kurt Schmoke, William F. Buckley,
Jr. and more.  Approaches include economic, legal, moral,
psychological, and historical.  Truly an invaluable resource for
anyone interested in the debate.



THE DRUG SOLUTION, Chester Nelson Mitchell.  Ottawa:
Carleton University Press, 1990.

A thorough examination and discussion of the practicalities of
ending drug prohibition.



DRUGS AND RIGHTS, Douglas N. Husak.  Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Argues for the right of adults to use drugs; begins with medical,
legal, and political details, considers drugs and the harm it does
to the individuals and to others, finishes by listing the few
special cases in which drug use could not be left to a responsible
individual (pregnancy, the under-aged.)



DRUGS IN AMERICA: A SOCIAL HISTORY, 1800-1980, H.
Wayne Morgan.  Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1981.

Focusing on the opiates, tells the story of drug-users in
America, their social situations, and the history of the
prohibition movements.



THE FACTS ABOUT "DRUG ABUSE", The Drug Abuse
Council.  New York: The Free Press, 1980.

Report on the status of American drug use, and essays: "The
Federal Government's Response to Illicit Drugs, 1969-1978",
"Drug-Law Enforcement Efforts", "Heroin Treatment:
Development, Status, Outlook", "The Influence of Public
Attitudes and Understanding on Drug Education and
Prefention", "Marijuana and Cocaine: The Process of Change in
Drug Policy", "American Heroin Policy: Some Alternatives".



THE MARIHUANA CONVICTION: A HISTORY OF
MARIHUANA PROHIBITION IN THE UNITED STATES,
Richard J. Bonnie and Charles H. Whitebread II.
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1975.

An extensive history of the suppression of Marijuana use in the
United States, from the turn of the century to the 1970s.



MARIHUANA RECONSIDERED, Lester Grinspoon M.D.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1977.

A comprehensive survey of the effects of Marihuana.



MARIJUANA: COSTS OF ABUSE, COSTS OF CONTROL,
Mark A.R. Klein.  New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.

A consideration of the effects of illegality on the marijuana
market, discussing drug consumption, supply and demand, and
the possible effects of legalization.



MARIJUANA-- THE NEW PROHIBITION, John Kaplan.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1975.

Dated but thorough book, examining many myths and realities
of Marijuana's effects and its legal status.



OUR RIGHT TO DRUGS: THE CASE FOR A FREE
MARKET, Thomas Szasz.  New York: Praeger Publishers,
1992.

An excellent approach to the politics of drug use.  Analyses the
laws against drugs, the legalization movements, and the
American "War on Drugs" from a historical and sociopolitical
perspective; argues against both the Prohibitionists and the half-
hearted Decriminalizers.  Very thorough; good bibliography and
references sections.



PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS AND HARM REDUCTION:
FROM FAITH TO SCIENCE, Heather, Wodak, et al., editors.
London: Whurr Publishers, 1993.

A powerful, comprehensive introduction and analysis of the
"harm reduction" approach to dealing with drug use, in which
the damaging aspects of drug use, and not the drug user, are
dealt with.  24 chapters by individual professionals and
academics are divided into six parts: 1. Concepts and
Definitions, 2. Perspectives on Harm Reduction, 3. Harm-
Reduction Policies, 4. Applications to Specific Substances, 5.
Harm Reduction and Developing Countries, and 6. Harm
Reduction and HIV/AIDS.  Definitely a worthwhile read for
anyone interested in a rational, humane approach to resolving
drug issues.



THE SEARCH FOR RATIONAL DRUG CONTROL, Franklin
E. Zimring and Gordon Hawkins.  Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1992.

 After some historical and terminology basics, discusses the
drug use debate "as a clash of presumptions between an
emphasis on liberty and a preference for continuity in social and
legal policy."  Offers suggestions towards a more rational drug
debate, without pretending to give any simplistic answers.



SEX, DRUGS, DEATH, AND THE LAW: AN ESSAY ON
HUMAN RIGHTS AND OVERCRIMINALIZATION, David
A.J. Richards.  Totowa, Rowman and Littlefield: 1982.

Discusses the rights of the individual in matters of sex, drug-
use, and choosing the moment of death.  Puts drug-use in a
useful context.



WAR ON DRUGS: STUDIES IN THE FAILURE OF U.S.
NARCOTICS POLICY, Alfred W. McCoy and Alan A. Block,
eds.  Boulder: Westview Press, 1992.

 A collection of essays from conferences held in 1990 and 1991:
"U.S. Narcotics policy: an anatomy of failure", "International
Narcotics Control: Bush's 'other war' --are we winning or
losing?", "Failures at Home and Abroad: studies in the
implementation of U.S. drug policy", "Reinforcing Poverty: the
Bolivian war on cocaine", "Colombia's Cocaine Syndicates",
"Honduras, the Contra Support Networks, and Cocaine: how
the U.S. government has augmented America's drug crisis",
"Drug Lords and Narco-corruption: the players change but the
game continues", "CIA Assets and the Rise of the Guadalajara
Connection", "A Smuggler's Paradise: cocaine trafficking
through the Bahamas", "Heroin as a global commodity: a history
of Southeast Asia's opium trade", "Heroin and Highland
Insurgency in the Golden Triangle", "Pakistan: the empire of
heroin."




-----
Other
-----

CANNABIS: REPORT BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
ON DRUG DEPENDENCE.  London: Her Majesty's Stationery
Office, 1968.

A classic study in which a more tolerant approach to Cannabis is
recommended.



GANJA IN JAMAICA: THE EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA
USE, Vera Rubin and Labros Comitas.  New York:
Anchor/Doubleday, 1976.

Another classic study, "the first medical anthropological project
center on marijuana", many good figures and "inspired"
quotations.



MIND, SELF, AND THE HALLUCINOGENS: A
HUMANISTIC PERSPECTIVE, Russ Crescimanno.  New
York: MSS Information Corporation, 1973.

A study of American youth drug users, and the effect of drugs
on the mind/body relationship.



NARCOMANIA: ON HEROIN, Marek Kohn.  London: Faber
and Faber, 1987.

An analysis of Heroin and its impact on British culture: its
history, mythology, and recent hysteria.  Focuses on the reasons
and purposes behind the various approaches to Heroin rather
than on the basics of the drug itself.



A PRIMER OF DRUG ACTION, Robert M. Julien.  New
York: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1988.

Basics on the effects of drugs on the human body, from
Psychoactives to Birth Controllers, with many diagrams.



REPORTER'S GUIDE: DRUGS, DRUG ABUSE ISSUES,
RESOURCES, Allan Parachini.  Washington DC: The Drug
Abuse Council, 1975.

Insightful look into the way reporters approached and researched
drug and drug use.  A useful tool for personal research; many
resources listed, many myths uncovered.  Somewhat dated.


-----------------
E-mail suggestions or advice, to: [e-mail]
More information at: http://www.paranoia.com/~foucault/Babel
-----------------