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LEADER: 03733cam a22005057i 4500
001 2013940971
003 DLC
005 20140717084953.0
008 130521s2013 enkac b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013940971
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020 $a9780199604982
020 $a0199604983
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn865546806
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050 00 $aHV5801$b.B465 2013
060 00 $a2014 E-385
060 10 $aWM 270
072 7 $aHEA$2ukslc
082 04 $a362.2/9$223
100 1 $aBerridge, Virginia,$eauthor.
245 10 $aDemons :$bour changing attitudes to alcohol, tobacco, & drugs /$cVirginia Berridge.
246 33 $aDemons :$bour changing attitudes to alcohol, tobacco, and drugs
250 $aFirst Edition.
264 1 $aOxford, United Kingdom :$bOxford University Press,$c2013.
300 $ax, 292 pages :$billustrations (black and white), portrait ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
336 $astill image$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 248-273) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: past and present -- Culture: drugs for all -- Social movements: temperance -- The professionals: doctors and pharmacists -- Fear: dens and degeneration -- Economics and technology: the role of industry -- Internationalism and war -- Mass culture and subculture -- The new public health -- Convergence or divergence? public health and neuroscience -- Hedonism or control? -- Afterword: history and the future.
520 $aBinge drinking, particularly in young women, has become big news. Debates about the regulation and classification of cannabis are frequently voiced. Cigarette smoking is banned in public places, and emotive public health campaigns seek to reduce its use still further. Yet there are many sides to each of these arguments, and if we look back over the last 150 years, we see massive variety in the ways societies and states have related to drugs, drink, and tobacco. Virginia Berridge offers a much-needed long view, which helps illuminate our current concerns, and shows how three separate stories overlap and inter-connect. She takes us to the socially-acceptable opium dens of Dickens's London; to the absinthe craze of fin-de-siecle Paris. She asks whether prohibition in America proved to be helpful or harmful. She looks at how tobacco was promoted as a medicinal benefit. She considers the medical use of cannabis, LSD, and other drugs. And through all this, she traces the changes in scientific and medical knowledge. This is a complex story of whether, and how, the state should intervene. How do we balance the interests of personal freedom, public well-being, healthcare, and the economy? Is substance abuse a social issue, or a medical one? As governments, health services, and the World Health Organization grapple with these issues, the wisdom and experience of history can help map the way forward.
650 0 $aDrug abuse$xPublic opinion.
650 0 $aDrinking of alcoholic beverages$xPublic opinion.
650 0 $aTobacco use$xPublic opinion.
650 12 $aSubstance-Related Disorders.
650 22 $aAlcohol Drinking.
650 22 $aPublic Opinion$xhistory.
650 22 $aTobacco Use.
650 7 $aHealth and Wellbeing.$2ukslc
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1410/2013940971-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1410/2013940971-t.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1410/2013940971-b.html