This two-volume encyclopedia provides accessibly written coverage on a wide range of topics, covering substances ranging from whiskey to peyote as well as related topics such as Mexican drug trafficking and societal effects caused by specific drugs. The entries also supply an excellent overview of the history of temperance movements in Canada and the United States; trends in alcohol consumption, its production, and its role in the economy; as well as alcohol's and drugs' roles in shaping national discourse, the creation of organizations for treatment and study, and legal responses.
This resource includes primary documents and a bibliography offering important books, articles, and Internet sources related to the topic.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Alphabetical List of Entries.
Guide to Related Topics.
Preface.
Chronology.
1: AB InBev.
2: Addiction Research Center, Lexington, Kentucky.
3: Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario.
4: Advertising Regulations (Canada).
5: Alcohol and Drugs History Society.
6: Alcohol as Medicine.
7: Alcohol Consumption in Canada.
8: Alcohol Consumption in the United States.
9: Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).
10: Alcoholics' Mutual Aid Groups (United States).
11: Alcoholism.
12: American Association for the Study and Cure of Inebriety (AASCI).
13: American Temperance Society (ATS).
14: Anderson, William Hamilton (1874–1959).
15: Anslinger, Harry Jacob (1892–1975).
16: Anti-Saloon League of America (ASLA).
17: Art, Representations of Alcohol in.
18: Art, Representations of Drugs in.
19: Art, Representations of Temperance in.
20: Association Against the Prohibition Amendment (AAPA).
21: Bacon, Selden Daskam.
22: Baker, Purley Albert.
23: Bass, Elizabeth.
24: Beer.
25: Blue Ribbon Movement.
26: Breathalyzer.
27: Breweriana.
28: Bronfman Family.
29: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
30: Busch Family.
31: Calles, Plutarco Elías.
32: Canada Temperance Act.
33: Cannabis (Marijuana).
34: Cannon, James, Jr..
35: Caribbean, Alcohol in.
36: Caribbean, Drugs in.
37: Carling Brewery.
38: Central America, Alcohol in.
39: Central America, Drugs in.
40: Cervecería Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma.
41: Chafetz, Morris Edward.
42: Cherrington, Ernest Hurst.
43: Chiniquy, (Father) Charles Paschal Telesphore.
44: Chocolate and Cacao.
45: Christopher D. Smithers Foundation.
46: Cider.
47: Cigarettes.
48: Cirrhosis of the Liver.
49: Civil Damage Laws.
50: Clark, Norman Harold.
51: Cocaine.
52: Coffee.
53: Comité Nacional de Lucha Contra el Alcoholismo.
