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: | 9780761952350 |
| Publication date: | 29th December 1998 |
| Author: | Nigel South |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 176 pages |
| Genres: |
Sociology |