附註:Includes bibliographical references.
Origins and overview of the professional life of Alfred Ray Lindesmith -- Lindesmith's experience in the Chicago School of Sociology: the influence of Herbert Blum ... -- A revised theory of opiate addiction and the writing of the book Opiate addiction -- Contributions to psychotherapy, social psychology, and symbolic interaction -- Lindesmith versus Anslinger: efforts to reform national drug policy, 1937-1950 and the film Drug addict -- Writing The addict and the law: a statement of policy -- Public discourse: Lindesmith in the role of humanist citizen and public intellectual.
摘要:"Confronting 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." "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."--Jacket
