Illicit Drugs : Use and control.

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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 d...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Barton, Adrian
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Drug abuse > Great Britain.
Drug traffic > Great Britain.
Drug control > Great Britain.
Toxicomanie > Grande-Bretagne.
Drogues > Trafic > Grande-Bretagne.
Lutte antidrogue > Grande-Bretagne.
Drug abuse
Drug control
Drug traffic
Great Britain
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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