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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Barton, Adrian. Illicit Drugs : Use and control. Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, ©2011 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Adrian Barton |
ISBN: | 9780203879917 0203879910 |
OCLC Number: | 797919257 |
Description: | 1 online resource (209 pages) |
Contents: | Cover; Illicit Drugs Use and control; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. British society and illicit drug use: historical perspectives; 2. Measuring the 'problem': drug use in contemporary Britain; 3. The British state's legal and medical responses to illicit drug use; 4. Illicit drug use: class, gender and ethnicity; 5. Illicit drugs: growth and production; 6. The geo-politics of illicit drug production and distribution; 7. Illicit drugs: markets and market forces; 8. Illicit drugs: paying for the goods and assessing the costs. 9. Policing the problem: current trends in UK drug policy10. Comparing British drug policy; Bibliography; Index. |
Abstract:
The second edition of the popular Illicit Drugs: Use and Control provides a timely, up-to-date discussion of the key issues raised in the first edition, whilst also providing new chapters which address:Class, gender and raceThe geo-politics of illicit drug production and distributionBritain's drug use within a global contextThis accessible book, with its inclusion of new pedagogical features, will be essential reading for students and researchers working in the area of drugs and society.
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