Cocktails and Dreams: Perspectives on Drug and Alcohol Use

This contemporary collection of national and international research on drug subcultures situates drug using behavior within an individual's social context so that readers may break through longstanding stereotypes concerning people who consume legal and illegal drugs. The diverse group of contributors employ a qualitative-interpretive research approach to finding answers to why people engage in this common form of deviant and/or criminal behavior. Essays address qualitative research methods and illicit drug use research, pursuing other forms of communication, after the party is over, and the emerging issues of managing drug use and misuse. For those interested in an interpretive analysis of drug use.