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Angel Dust: An Ethnographic Study of Phencyclidine Users
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226 pages, Hardcover
First published December 1, 1979
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June 27, 2023
Fantastic book about PCP and its users in 4 different cities in the United States which helps give a macro scale of use in the states. The book includes a lot of quotes verbatim from PCP users and plenty of interesting sociological data describing drug use, social status, employment, age etc. This work helps dispel many myths about PCP (violence) and approaches this touchy subject from a very objective and reasonable framework.
Most copies online seem to be library copies (including mine) which is fine, however, 80 odd pages in the book turns into a different book altogether; it turned into something called "Professional Reforming" and reverts back to actual book 30-40 pages later, so those 30-40 pages are missing entirely. This is extremely unfortunate because this is a very beautiful enjoyable book.
There seems to be only one pressing of this book and I'm curious if anyone else has encountered this problem with this book; maybe I just happened to get a bum copy.
Most copies online seem to be library copies (including mine) which is fine, however, 80 odd pages in the book turns into a different book altogether; it turned into something called "Professional Reforming" and reverts back to actual book 30-40 pages later, so those 30-40 pages are missing entirely. This is extremely unfortunate because this is a very beautiful enjoyable book.
There seems to be only one pressing of this book and I'm curious if anyone else has encountered this problem with this book; maybe I just happened to get a bum copy.
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