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Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Understanding methamphetamine markets as an industry -- Methamphetamine in America -- Social activity in the methamphetamine industry -- Social relationships in the methamphetamine industry -- Culture and the methamphetamine industry -- Meth markets and the methamphetamine industry in the United States -- Appendix A: study of the dynamics of methamphetamine markets -- References -- Index

Perceiving a drug crisis, the New York City news media played up reports of random drug violence, 1986-1990. White middle-class liberals reacted by calling for the restoration of law & order. The media's role in this process, which resulted in politically conservative & expensive governmental programs, is assessed. The New York Times articles on random drug violence are compared with official crime statistics to determine how closely news reports reflected reality. Street violence did indeed increase, but not randomly: white middle-class people remained less likely to be violently victimized than nonwhite working-class people. The implications of news sensationalism are considered, & social scientists are called on to take a more active role in providing accurate social information. 61 References. Adapted from the source document.

Much empirical evidence indicates that the popularity of various drugs tends to increase and wane over time producing episodic epidemics of particular drugs. These epidemics mostly affect persons reaching their late teens at the time of the epidemic resulting in distinct drug generations. This article examines the drug generations present in the 2000s among arrestees in the 10 locations served by the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring–II program. At all 10 locations, our findings show that crack use is still common among older arrestees but not among arrestees born more recently. Marijuana is the drug most common among younger arrestees. The article also examines trends in heroin, methamphetamine, and powder cocaine use among arrestees at the few locations where their use was substantial.