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100 1 $aSeddon, Toby.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb99034204
245 12 $aA history of drugs :$bdrugs and freedom in the liberal age /$cToby Seddon.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bRoutledge,$c2010.
300 $ax, 184 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction: drugs, freedom and liberalism -- $g2.$tA conceptual map: freedom, the 'will' and addiction -- $g3.$tOpium, regulation and classical liberalism: the Pharmacy Act 1868 -- $g4.$tDrugs, prohibition and welfarism: the Dangerous Drugs Act 1920 -- $g5.$tDrugs, risk and neo-liberalism: the Drugs Act 2005 -- $g6.$tDrugs as a regulation and governance problem -- $g7.$tConclusion: drugs and freedom in the liberal age -- $gAppendix 1.$tPharmacy Act 1868 (selected extracts) -- $gAppendix 2.$tDangerous Drugs Act 1920 (selected extracts) -- $gAppendix 3.$tDrugs Act 2005 (selected extracts).
520 1 $a"Why are some psychoactive substances regarded as 'dangerous drugs', to be controlled by the criminal law within a global prohibition regime, whilst others - from alcohol and tobacco, through to those we call 'medicines' - are seen and regulated very differently? A History of Drugs traces a genealogy of the construction and governance of the 'drug problem' over the past 200 years, calling into question some of the most fundamental ideas in this field from 'addiction' to the very concept of 'drugs'." "At the heart of the book is the claim that it was with the emergence in the late eighteenth century of modern liberal capitalism, with its distinctive emphasis on freedom, that our concerns about the consumption of some of these substances began to grow. And, indeed, notions of freedom, free will and responsibility remain central to the drug question today. Pursuing an innovative inter-disciplinary approach, A History of Drugs provides an informed and insightful account of the origins of contemporary drug policy. It will be essential reading for students and academics working in law, criminology, sociology, social policy, history and political science."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aDrug abuse$xGovernment policy$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aDrug abuse$xLaw and legislation$zGreat Britain.
852 00 $bglx$hHV5840.G7$iS43 2010