| Description |
xxv, 265 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Pathologising the soul : the construction of a 19th century analysis of opiate addiction / Geoffrey Harding -- Reform, racism, and rackets : alcohol and drug prohibition in the United States / Michael Woodiwiss -- Development of drug control in Britain / Joy Mott and Philip Bean -- Medical power and knowledge : the treatment and control of drugs and drug users / Rachel Lart -- Agony and the ecstasy : drugs, media, and morality / Karim Murji -- Tackling drug control in Britain : from Sir Malcolm Delevingne to the new drugs strategy / Nigel South -- America's drug war : fact or fiction? / Bruce Billungton -- Pragmatism or principle? : continuity and change in the British approach to treatment and control / Susanne MacGregor -- Perils of prohibition / Thomas Szasz -- Drug crop producing countries : a development perspective / David Mansfield and Colin Sage -- Missed opportunities? : beneficial uses of illicit drugs / Lester Grinspoon and James B. Bakalar -- Informal social controls and the liberalization of drug laws and policies / Wayne M. Harding -- International trends in drug policy / Richard Hartnoll. |
| Subject |
Drug control.
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Drug control -- Great Britain.
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Drug abuse.
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Drug abuse -- Great Britain.
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| Added Author |
Coomber, Ross.
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| ISBN |
9057021889 (softcover) |
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