Coverart for item
The Resource Key concepts in drugs and society, Ross Coomber ... [et al.]

Key concepts in drugs and society, Ross Coomber ... [et al.]

Label
Key concepts in drugs and society
Title
Key concepts in drugs and society
Statement of responsibility
Ross Coomber ... [et al.]
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"Insightful and illuminating, this book successfully discusses drugs in social contexts. In an elegant manner, the authors bring together their different theoretical and practical backgrounds, offering a comprehensive and interdisciplinary introduction that opens up a wide scientific understanding moving beyond cultural myths and presuppositions. This is an invaluable reference source for students on criminology, sociology and social sciences programmes, as well as drug service practitioners such as drug workers, social workers and specialist nurses"--Publisher's website
Member of
Cataloging source
UKMGB
Dewey number
362.29
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Coomber, Ross
Series statement
SAGE key concepts
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Psychotropic drugs
  • Drug abuse
Label
Key concepts in drugs and society, Ross Coomber ... [et al.]
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Contents
Types of drugs and patterns of use. What Is a drug/medicine? ; Prevalence and trends in illicit drug use ; Why do people take drugs? ; Addiction ; Legal drugs : alcohol and tobacco ; Polydrug use/polysubstance use ; Common illicit drugs ; Typologies of drug use : use-misuse-abuse and problematic-recreational use ; Binge-drinking ; Raves and circuit parties ; Dance drugs/club drugs ; Cross-cultural and traditional drug use ; Gender, ethnicity and social class ; Normalisation. -- Drug effects. Drug effects : drug, set and setting ; Medical marijuana and other therapeutic uses of illicit drugs ; Prescribed and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs ; Novel psychoactive substances ; The gateway hypothesis/stepping stone theory ; Drug-related violence ; Drugs and crime ; Drug risks and health harms ; Injecting drug use ; HIV/AIDS and other blood-borne viruses. -- Drug policy, treatment and perceptions of the drug problem. Drug treatment and quasi-compulsory treatment ; Harm reduction ; Substitute prescribing ; The new recovery approach ; Prevention : primary, secondary and tertiary ; International drug control history/prohibition ; Drugs in sport ; Drug scares and moral panics ; Drug dealers ; Drug markets : difference and diversity ; Drug trafficking ; Crop eradication, crop substitution and legal cultivation ; War on drugs ; Drug testing in schools and workplaces ; Drug courts ; Decriminalisation, legalisation and legal regulation ; Liberalisation
Control code
ocn821702987
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
x, 197 p.
Isbn
9781847874849
Isbn Type
(hbk.)
Lccn
2012945625
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781847874856
  • (OCoLC)821702987
Label
Key concepts in drugs and society, Ross Coomber ... [et al.]
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Contents
Types of drugs and patterns of use. What Is a drug/medicine? ; Prevalence and trends in illicit drug use ; Why do people take drugs? ; Addiction ; Legal drugs : alcohol and tobacco ; Polydrug use/polysubstance use ; Common illicit drugs ; Typologies of drug use : use-misuse-abuse and problematic-recreational use ; Binge-drinking ; Raves and circuit parties ; Dance drugs/club drugs ; Cross-cultural and traditional drug use ; Gender, ethnicity and social class ; Normalisation. -- Drug effects. Drug effects : drug, set and setting ; Medical marijuana and other therapeutic uses of illicit drugs ; Prescribed and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs ; Novel psychoactive substances ; The gateway hypothesis/stepping stone theory ; Drug-related violence ; Drugs and crime ; Drug risks and health harms ; Injecting drug use ; HIV/AIDS and other blood-borne viruses. -- Drug policy, treatment and perceptions of the drug problem. Drug treatment and quasi-compulsory treatment ; Harm reduction ; Substitute prescribing ; The new recovery approach ; Prevention : primary, secondary and tertiary ; International drug control history/prohibition ; Drugs in sport ; Drug scares and moral panics ; Drug dealers ; Drug markets : difference and diversity ; Drug trafficking ; Crop eradication, crop substitution and legal cultivation ; War on drugs ; Drug testing in schools and workplaces ; Drug courts ; Decriminalisation, legalisation and legal regulation ; Liberalisation
Control code
ocn821702987
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
x, 197 p.
Isbn
9781847874849
Isbn Type
(hbk.)
Lccn
2012945625
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781847874856
  • (OCoLC)821702987

Library Locations

    • Waubonsee: Sugar Grove Campus - Todd LibraryBorrow it
      Collins Hall 2nd Floor Waubonsee Community College Route 47 at Waubonsee Drive, Sugar Grove, IL, 60554, US
      41.7974000 -88.45785