ABSTRACT
Informed debate on how, why, or even if, drugs and those that use them should be controlled needs an insight into the background of such controls, how effective they have been and what reasonable alternatives there may be. This book seeks to provide such an insight. Reviewing important aspects of past and current drug control policies in Britain and America, the international compliment of expert contributors seek to explore the rationality of the reasoning which produced the initial controls, the continuing relevance of those currently employed, and provide alternative scenarios for future policy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One
The Emergence of Drug Controls
chapter Chapter 1|11 pages
Pathologising the Soul: The Construction of a 19th Century Analysis of Opiate Addiction
chapter Chapter 2|18 pages
Reform, Racism and Rackets: Alcohol and Drug Prohibition in the United States
chapter Chapter 4|20 pages
Medical Power/Knowledge: The Treatment and Control of Drugs and Drug Users
part Two|74 pages
The Current Control Context
chapter Chapter 6|20 pages
Tackling Drug Control in Britain: From Sir Malcolm Delevingne to the New Drugs Strategy
chapter Chapter 8|24 pages
Pragmatism or Principle? Continuity and Change in the British Approach to Treatment and Control
part Three|93 pages
Current Trends and Possibilities for the Future