Illicit Drugs: Misuse and Control
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Illicit drugs and their use are now, more than ever, a dominant concern of politicians, policy makers and the general public. Often, our understandings of the 'drug problem' tend to be uni-dimensional and based around particular areas of risk: drug related crime, dependency and ill-health. This book moves beyond this single issue approach and locates illicit drug use in its wider context, with chapters on:the history of illicit drug use measuring the 'problem'legal and medical responses to illicit drug usethe illicit drugs marketdrugs, crime and trends in drug policy.Drawing information from wide-ranging sources, Adrian Barton illuminates the complex nature and broad impact illicit drug use carries in its wake and provides an overview of the contemporary state of the drug 'scene'. This book will be essential reading for students and researchers working in the area of drugs and society.
List of figures and tables1Introduction12An historical overview of the social construction of the British 'drug problem'63Measuring the 'problem': drug use in contemporary Britain264The British state's legal and medical responses to illicit drug use455Growth and production of illicit drugs616Markets and market forces of illicit drugs797Paying for illicit drugs and assessing the costs958'Forget the myth we're desperados standing on street corners. This is a demand led market'1129'Let's Get Real': contemporary directions in UK drug policy12710British drug policy in a European context148Bibliography169Index181
