Drugs and the world

Klein, Axel 1961- (Author).

Summary: "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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781861893819
ISBN: 1861893817
ISBN: 9781861896230 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1861896239 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (221 p.)
Publisher: London : Reaktion, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.