James B. Bakalar, Lester Grinspoon, Bakalar Grinspoon

Drug Control in a Free Society

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Virtually all known human groups have devised and regularly used techniques for altering consciousness, among which alcohol and drugs are prominent. The authors offer a provocative analysis of the philosophical, sociological, and historical background of the attempt to control consciousness-altering drugs in modern industrial societies. In considering the right of individuals to diversify and enrich their experience versus the obligations of government to protect their citizens, they enable readers to step back for a moment and examine alternative ways of looking at what is usually called the drug problem.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 282g
• ISBN-13: 9780521357722
• ISBN-10: 0521357721
• Artikelnr.: 21176336

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Questions of risk and liberty
2. The meanings of addiction and dependence
3. The historical direction of drug policy
4. Varieties of drug control
5. Solution or dissolution of the drug problem? Bibliography
Index.