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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Adrian Barton |
ISBN: | 0203398211 9780203398210 9786610072675 6610072671 9780415281713 0415281717 9780415281720 0415281725 |
OCLC Number: | 1105451320 |
Description: | 1 online resource (186 p. :) il. |
Contents: | 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. |
Responsibility: | Adrian Barton. |
Abstract:
Drawing information from a wide-range of sources, Adrian Barton illuminates the complex nature and broad impact illicit drug use has, and provides an overview of the contemporary state of the drug 'scene'.
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