This authoritative overview of drugs and society today examines: whether a process of `normalization′ of drugs and drug use is under way; the debate over prohibition versus legislation; `drugs′ and `users′ as `other′ or `dangerous′; drugs and dance cultures; drug use among young women; images of `race′ and drugs; medical responses to drugs; policing strategies and controlling drug users; drug control and sport; and the question of prohibition versus liberalization.
Nigel South is a Reader in sociology at the University of essex. He has been a prolific and penetrating contributor to the debate on drugs and drug-users.
CONTRIBUTORS
Ross Coomber University of Greenwich
Nicholas Dorn Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence
Sheila Henderson
Maggy Lee University of Essex
Susanne MacGregor Middlesex University
Karim Murji Roehampton Institute, London
Tim Newburn University of London
Vincenzo Ruggiero University of London
Harry Shapiro Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence
Michael Shiner University of London
Nigel South University of Essex