Drugs: Cultures, Controls and Everyday Life (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780761952343)

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.

Author: Nigel South
ISBN-10: 0761952349
ISBN-13: 9780761952343
Publisher: Sage Publications UK
Language: English
Published: 09/05/2000
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.62h x 6.12w x 0.55d