Barton, Adrian.

Illicit drugs use and control / [electronic resource] : Adrian Barton. - 2nd ed. - Abingdon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2011. - xi, 195 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780203879917 (electronic bk.)




Drug abuse--Great Britain.
Drug traffic--Great Britain.
Drug control--Great Britain.


Electronic books.

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