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The Politics of Addiction

Medical Conflict and Drug Dependence in England Since the 1960s

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Sarah G. Mars

    1. Heroin Price and Purity Outcomes Study, University of San Francisco, USA
      London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

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Part of the book series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History (STMMH)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Sarah G. Mars
    Pages 1-5

  3. 1965–2010: A Background Sketch

    • Sarah G. Mars
    Pages 6-25

  4. Prescribing and Proscribing: The Treatment and Rehabilitation Report

    • Sarah G. Mars
    Pages 26-43

  5. Defining ‘Good Clinical Practice’

    • Sarah G. Mars
    Pages 44-64

  6. Ambiguous Justice: The General Medical Council and Dr Ann Dally

    • Sarah G. Mars
    Pages 65-88

  7. ‘Friendly’ Visits and ‘Evil Men’: The Home Office Drugs Inspectorate

    • Sarah G. Mars
    Pages 89-116

  8. Unifying Hierarchs and Fragmenting Individualists: Three Professional Groups

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    Pages 117-146

  9. Guidelines and the Licensing Question

    • Sarah G. Mars
    Pages 147-166

  10. Conclusion

    • Sarah G. Mars
    Pages 167-180

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 181-260
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The Politics of Addiction  examines power and policy-making in the context of a bitter conflict between private and publicly employed doctors treating addiction. Regulation was used by both the profession and the state to shape the treatment of addiction and who could provide it, with the media feeding into the process.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Heroin Price and Purity Outcomes Study, University of San Francisco, USA

    Sarah G. Mars

  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK

    Sarah G. Mars

About the author

SARAH MARS is the Qualitative Project Director, Heroin Price and Purity Outcomes Study, at the University of San Francisco, California. She read history at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, UK, and received a PhD from the University of London. Since contributing to various drug policy reports, she has worked on the history of drugs, alcohol and tobacco at the University of California, San Francisco and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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