This authoritative overview of drugs and society today examines: whether a process of `normalization' of drugs and drug use is under way; the debate over prohibition versus legislation; `drugs' and `users' as `other' or `dangerous'; drugs and dance cultures; drug use among young women; images of `race' and drugs; medical responses to drugs; policing strategies and controlling drug users; drug control and sport; and the question of prohibition versus liberalization.
| ISBN-13: | 9780761952350 |
| ISBN-10: | 0761952357 |
| Publisher: | SAGE |
| Publication date: | 1999-02-23 |
| Edition description: | 1 |
| Pages: | 164 |
| Product dimensions: | Height: 9.25 Inches, Length: 6.25 Inches, Weight: 0.5952481074 Pounds, Width: 0.41 Inches |
| Author: | Nigel South |
| Language: | en |
| Binding: | Paperback |
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