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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Material Type: | Document |
Document Type: | Book, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Adrian Barton |
ISBN: | 1283126788 9781283126786 9786613126788 6613126780 1134007256 9781134007257 0203879910 9780203879917 |
OCLC Number: | 1290087444 |
Language Note: | English. |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Description: | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Contents: | Preface and acknowledgements -- British society and illicit drug use : historical perspectives -- Measuring the 'problem' : drug use in contemporary Britain -- The British state's legal and medical responses to illicit drug use -- Illicit drug use : class, gender and ethnicity -- Illicit drugs : growth and production -- The geo-politics of illicit drug production and distribution -- Illicit drugs : markets and market focus -- Illicit drugs : paying for the goods and assessing the costs -- Policing the problem : current trends in UK drug policy -- Comparing British drug policy. |
Responsibility: | Adrian Barton. |
Abstract:
Illicit drugs and their use are a dominant concern of politicians, policy makers and the general public. As such, this 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 contextDrawing information from wide-ranging sources, Adrian Barton illuminates t.
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