Key Concepts in Drugs and Society. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ross Coomber, Karen McElrath, Fiona Measham and Karenza Moore.
• Authors: Coomber, Ross; McElrath, Karen, 1959-; Measham, Fiona, 1963-; Moore, Karenza
• Contents: PART ONE: TYPES OF DRUGS AND PATTERNS OF USE; What Is a Drug/Medicine?; Prevalence and Trends in Illicit Drug Use; Why Do People Take Drugs?; Addiction; Legal Drugs: Alcohol and Tobacco; Polydrug Use/Polysubstance Use; Common Illicit Drugs; Typologies of Drug Use: Use-Misuse-Abuse and Problematic-Recreational Use; Binge-Drinking; Raves and Circuit Parties; Dance Drugs/Club Drugs; Cross-cultural and Traditional Drug Use; Gender, Ethnicity and Social Class; Normalisation; PART TWO: DRUG EFFECTS; Drug Effects: Drug, Set and Setting; Medical Marijuana and Other Therapeutic Uses of Illicit Drugs; Prescribed and Over-the-Counter (OTC) Drugs; Novel Psychoactive Substances; The Gateway Hypothesis/Stepping Stone Theory; Drug-related Violence; Drugs and Crime; Drug Risks and Health Harms; Injecting Drug Use; HIV/AIDS and Other Blood-borne Viruses; PART THREE: DRUG POLICY, TREATMENT AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE DRUG PROBLEM; Drug Treatment and Quasi-compulsory Treatment (QCT); Harm Reduction; Substitute Prescribing; The New Recovery Approach; Prevention: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary; International Drug Control History/Prohibition; Drugs in Sport; Drug Scares and Moral Panics; Drug Dealers; Drug Markets: Difference and Diversity; Drug Trafficking; Crop Eradication, Crop Substitution and Legal Cultivation; War on Drugs; Drug Testing in Schools and Workplaces; Drug Courts; Decriminalisation, Legalisation and Legal Regulation; Liberalisation
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 197 pages)
• Subjects: 362.29; Psychotropic drugs -- Social aspects; Drug abuse
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446281574; 1446281574
• Related ISBNs: 9781847874849; 9781847874856
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.