Drugs and the world:

"The use and misuse of psychoactive substances is one of the most widely discussed and yet least understood social processes. It is easy to condemn the use of illicit drugs, as well as alcohol and tobacco, as problems that require the services of professionals and the retribution of the state....

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Klein, Axel 1961- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Reaktion Books 2008
Schlagworte:
Zusammenfassung:"The use and misuse of psychoactive substances is one of the most widely discussed and yet least understood social processes. It is easy to condemn the use of illicit drugs, as well as alcohol and tobacco, as problems that require the services of professionals and the retribution of the state. Sight has been lost of the contributions that drugs have played in society and culture and the key role they play in ritual, religion and possibly human evolution. Drugs and the World restores the constructive aspect of drug use to the discussion, and reviews the policies and interventions that make up the contemporary web of drug controls."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-216) and index
Taking leave of our senses : drug use and drug-taking in the 21st century -- The pathology of drug use -- Possible benefits of drug use -- How drugs have shaped history in the modern era -- Redefining the issue : symptom of decadence or development problem? -- International drug control : system and structure -- How drugs became a development issue -- Drugs and development along the silk route -- Positives and negatives of the drugs economy -- The khat economy -- Drugs and the management of pleasure
Beschreibung:221 S. 22 cm
ISBN:1861893817
9781861893819

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