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008 980316s1998 ne b 001 0 eng d
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050 00 $aHV5801$b.C583 1998
245 04 $aThe Control of drugs and drug users :$breason or reaction? /$cedited by Ross Coomber.
260 $aAmsterdam, The Netherlands :$bHarwood Academic Publishers,$cc1998.
300 $axxv, 265 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aI. The emergence of drug controls. Pathologising the soul : the construction of a 19th century analysis of opiate addiction / Geoffrey Harding -- Reform, racism, and rackets : alcohol and drug prohibition in the United States / Michael Woodiwiss -- The development of drug control in Britain / Joy Mott and Philip Bean -- Medical power and knowledge : the treatment and control of drugs and drug users / Rachel Lart -- The agony and the ecstasy : drugs, media, and morality / Karim Murji. II. The current control context. Tackling drug control in Britain : from Sir Malcolm Delevingne to the new drugs strategy / Nigel South -- America's drug war : fact or fiction? / Bruce Billungton -- Pragmatism or principle? : continuity and change in the British approach to treatment and control / Susanne MacGregor -- The perils of prohibition / Thomas Szasz. III. Current trends and possibilities for the future. Drug crop producing countries : a development perspective / David Mansfield and Colin Sage -- Missed opportunities? : beneficial uses of illicit drugs / Lester Grinspoon and James B. Bakalar -- Informal social controls and the liberalization of drug laws and policies / Wayne M. Harding -- International trends in drug policy / Richard Hartnoll.
650 0 $aDrug control.
650 0 $aDrug control$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aDrug control$zUnited States.
650 0 $aDrug abuse.
650 0 $aDrug abuse$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aDrug abuse$zUnited States.
700 1 $aCoomber, Ross.