Illicit drugs use and control
Illicit drugs and their use are now, more than ever, a dominant concern of politicians, policy makers and the general public. Often, our understandings of the 'drug problem' tend to be uni-dimensional and based around particular areas of risk: drug related crime, dependency and ill-health....
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge
2003.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38548057*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. An historical overview of the social construction of the British 'drug problem'
- 3. Measuring the 'problem' : drug use in contemporary Britain
- 4. The British state's legal and medical responses to illicit drug use
- 5. Growth and production of illicit drugs
- 6. Markets and market forces of illicit drugs
- 7. Paying for illicit drugs and assessing the costs
- 8. "Forget the myth we're desperados standing on street corners. This is a demand led market"
- 9. "Let's get real" : contemporary directions in UK drug policy
- 10. British drug policy in a European context.
