Illicit Drugs - Use and Control (Hardcover, New)

Contents:
List of tables List of figures 1. Introduction 2. An historical overview of the social construction of the British 'drug problem' 3. Measuring the 'problem': drug use in contemporary Britain 4. The British State's legal and medical responses to illicit drug use 5. Illicit drugs: growth and production 6. illicit drugs: markets and market forces 7. Illicit drugs: paying for the goods and assessing the costs 8. 'Forget the myth we're desperados standing on street corners. This is a demand led market' 9. 'Let's get real': contemporary directions in UK drug policy 10. British drug policy in a European context bibliography Index