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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Adrian Barton |
ISBN: | 9780415492331 0415492335 9780415492379 0415492378 9786613126788 6613126780 |
OCLC Number: | 430052246 |
Description: | xi, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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 u.k. drug policy -- Comparing british drug policy. |
Responsibility: | by Adrian Barton. |
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Abstract:
Drawing information from wide-ranging sources, Adrian Barton illuminates the complex nature and broad impact that illicit drug use carries in its wake and provides an overview of the contemporary state of the drug 'scene'.
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