{"product_id":"doin-drugs-patterns-of-african-american-addiction-paperback-softback-9780292740419","title":"Doin' Drugs; Patterns of African American Addiction (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292740419","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDoin' Drugs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePatterns of African American Addiction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam H. James (Author), Stephen L. Johnson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292740419\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e189 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the African American community, individuals and organizations ranging from churches to schools to drug treatment centers are fighting the widespread use of crack cocaine. To put that fight in a larger cultural context, \u003ci\u003eDoin' Drugs\u003c\/i\u003e explores historical patterns of alcohol and drug use from pre-slavery Africa to present-day urban America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Henry James and Stephen Lloyd Johnson document the role of alcohol and other drugs in traditional African cultures, among African slaves before the American Civil War, and in contemporary African American society, which has experienced the epidemics of marijuana, heroin, crack cocaine, and gangs since the beginning of this century. The authors zero in on the interplay of addiction and race to uncover the social and psychological factors that underlie addiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames and Johnson also highlight many culturally informed programs, particularly those sponsored by African American churches, that are successfully breaking the patterns of addiction. The authors hope that the information in this book will be used to train a new generation of counselors, ministers, social workers, nurses, and physicians to be better prepared to face the epidemic of drug addiction in African American communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Historical Patterns of Alcohol and Drug Use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The Past Fifty Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Alcohol\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Cigarettes and Marijuana\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Opiates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Cocaine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Gangs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. The Church and Addiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530865733912,"sku":"9780292740419","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/doin-drugs-patterns-of-african-american-addiction-paperback-softback-9780292740419","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}