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UNINA9910810563303321 |
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Autore |
Barton Adrian |
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Titolo |
Illicit drugs : use and control / / Adrian Barton |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-00724-8 |
1-283-12678-8 |
9786613126788 |
1-134-00725-6 |
0-203-87991-0 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Drug abuse - Great Britain |
Drug traffic - Great Britain |
Drug control - Great Britain |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface and acknowledgements -- British society and illicit drug use : historical perspectives -- Measuring the 'problem' : drug use in contemporary Britain -- The British state's legal and medical responses to illicit drug use -- Illicit drug use : class, gender and ethnicity -- Illicit drugs : growth and production -- The geo-politics of illicit drug production and distribution -- Illicit drugs : markets and market focus -- Illicit drugs : paying for the goods and assessing the costs -- Policing the problem : current trends in UK drug policy -- Comparing British drug policy. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Illicit drugs and their use are a dominant concern of politicians, policy makers and the general public. As such, this second edition of the popular Illicit Drugs: Use and Control provides a timely, up-to-date discussion of the key issues raised in the first edition, whilst also providing new chapters which address:Class, gender and raceThe geo-politics of illicit drug production and distributionBritain's drug use within a global contextDrawing information from wide-ranging sources, Adrian Barton illuminates t |
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