Find a copy online
Links to this item
Disponible par Ebook Central (Accès réservé UdeS)

Find a copy in the library
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
Genre/Form: | Ressources Internet e-books Livre électronique (Descripteur de forme) Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme) Livres numériques |
---|---|
Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Barton, Adrian. Illicit drugs. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003 (DLC) 2002151948 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Adrian Barton |
ISBN: | 9786610072675 6610072671 |
OCLC Number: | 300381440 |
Notes: | Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 11 juillet 2008). |
Description: | 1 ressource en ligne (186 pages) : illustrations |
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:
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. This book moves beyond this single issue approach and locates illicit drug use in its wider context, with chapters on : the history of illicit drug use measuring the 'problem' legal and medical responses to illicit drug use Show more the illicit drugs market drugs, crime and trends in drug policy. Drawing information from wide-ranging sources, Adrian Barton illuminates the complex nature and broad impact illicit drug use carries in its wake and provides an overview of the contemporary state of the drug 'scene'. This book will be essential reading for students and researchers working in the area of drugs and society.
Reviews
User-contributed reviews
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.


Tags
Similar Items
Related Subjects:(25)
- Drug abuse -- Great Britain.
- Drug traffic -- Great Britain.
- Drug control -- Great Britain.
- Drugs of abuse.
- Illicit Drugs
- Substance-Related Disorders
- Public Policy
- Drug and Narcotic Control
- United Kingdom
- Toxicomanie -- Grande-Bretagne.
- Drogues -- Trafic -- Grande-Bretagne.
- Drogue, Lutte contre la -- Grande-Bretagne.
- Lutte antidrogue -- Grande-Bretagne.
- Drogues illicites.
- Toxicomanie.
- Drug abuse.
- Drug control.
- Drug traffic.
- Great Britain.
- Consommation de drogue.
- Drogue illicite.
- Lutte antidrogue.
- Politique criminelle.
- Trafic de drogue.
- Royaume-Uni.
User lists with this item (1)
- find in a library(3 items)
by davissid updated 2010-02-16