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Drugs and Culture presents alternative perspectives on psychoactive drugs, highlighting the socio-cultural features of drug use and regulation in modern societies. It examines the cultural dimensions of drugs and their regulation, with special attention to questions of how consumption of specific ps...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hunt, Geoffrey, 1947-, Milhet, Maitena, Bergeron, Henri
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, ©2011.
Temas:
Drugs > Social aspects.
Drug abuse.
Drugs of abuse.
Substance abuse.
Drug addiction.
Médicaments > Aspect social.
Toxicomanie.
Polytoxicomanie.
Abus de substances psychoactives.
drug addiction.
drug abuse.
substance abuse.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Drug addiction
Drug abuse
Drugs of abuse
Drugs > Social aspects
Substance abuse
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Drugs and Culture presents alternative perspectives on psychoactive drugs, highlighting the socio-cultural features of drug use and regulation in modern societies. It examines the cultural dimensions of drugs and their regulation, with special attention to questions of how consumption of specific psychoactive substances becomes associated with particular social groups; the social dynamics involved in our coming to think of these phenomena as we do; and the factors that determine the political and policy responses to drug use.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxii, 301 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781409405443
1409405443
1409405435
9781409405436
1317147731
9781317147732
1317147723
9781317147725
1283047632
9781283047630
9786613047632
6613047635

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