Policing and Prescribing

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Drug Problems, Drug Policies

   1. Drug Problems, Drug Policies

      • David Whynes

      Pages 1-14

3. Drug Use and the British System

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. The Consequences of Illegal Drug Use

      • Cindy Fazey

      Pages 17-34

   3. The Junkies’ Doctors and the London Drug Scene in the 1960s: Some Remembered Fragments

      • Kenneth Leech

      Pages 35-59

   4. Policing the Medical Profession: the Use of Tribunals

      • Philip Bean

      Pages 60-70

   5. Prescribing to Addicts

      • James Willis

      Pages 71-76

   6. Crime and Heroin Use

      • Joy Mott

      Pages 77-94

   7. Lifestyles and Law Enforcement

      • Mark Gilman, Geoffrey Pearson

      Pages 95-124

   8. Profits and Penalties: New Trends in Legislation and Law Enforcement Concerning Illegal Drugs

      • Nicholas Dorn, Nigel South

      Pages 125-141

4. Contemporary Policy Themes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143

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   2. Epidemiology of Contemporary Drug Abuse

      • John Giggs

      Pages 145-175

   3. AIDS and British Drug Policy: History Repeats Itself…?

      • Virginia Berridge

      Pages 176-199

   4. The Economics of Drug Policy

      • Richard Stevenson

      Pages 200-216

   5. Drug Issues in Health Education: Demand Reduction or Public Panacea?

      • Jane Falk-Whynes

      Pages 217-244

   6. Criminalisation and Control

      • Gordon Graham

      Pages 245-260

   7. Rethinking American Policy: A Bundle of Peaceful Compromises

      • Arnold Trebach

      Pages 261-282

This book comprises of fourteen specially commissioned essays on the theme of drug abuse and the control of drug use in Britain. It analyses and appraises the two strands of that which has been termed the 'British system' of control, namely, prescription to, and rehabilitation of, registered users and enforcement action against illegal users. It also examines issues of contemporary relevance in the drug control debate, including the economics of drug control, drug education, the impact of AIDS, new trends in legislation and decriminalisation.

• AIDS
• crime
• drugs
• education
• medical profession

• University of Nottingham, UK

  David K. Whynes

• University of Loughborough, UK

  Philip T. Bean

Policies and ethics