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Moral entrepreneurs and political economy: Historical and ethnographic notes on the construction of the cocaine menace

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    Craig Reinarman

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The author gratefully acknowledges the helpful comments of the following people in the preparation of earlier drafts of this paper: Sherri Cavan, Sharon Collins, Donald Cressey, Dick Flacks, John Irwin, A. L. Mauss, Patricia Morgan, Sheigla Murphy, Richard Quinney, Thomas Scheff, Fred Thalheimer, Dan Waldorf, and the reviewers and editor ofContemporary Crises. Financial support for some of the research reported herein was graciously provided by the Drug Abuse Council, Inc., Washington, D.C.

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Reinarman, C. Moral entrepreneurs and political economy: Historical and ethnographic notes on the construction of the cocaine menace. Contemporary Crises 3, 225–254 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00730860

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