Key Concepts in Drugs and Society Paperback / softback

by Ross Coomber, Karen McElrath, Fiona Measham, Karenza Moore

Part of the Sage Key Concepts Series series

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â€²This is a great resource that reflects the huge expertise of the authors.

It will be welcomed by students, researchers and indeed anyone wanting critical but comprehensive coverage of key issues and trends concerning drugs and society - locally and globally, historically and today.â€²- Nigel South, Professor of Sociology, University of Essexâ€²Provides informative, balanced and contextualized insights into the relationships between people and drugs.

Whatever your background and however knowledgeable you feel you are about contemporary drug issues, I guarantee that you will learn something unexpected and new from this valuable text.â€²- Joanne Neale, Professor of Public Health, Oxford Brookes UniversityWhy do people take drugs?

How do we understand moral panics? What is the relationship between drugs and violence?

How do peopleâ€²s social positions influence their involvement in drug use?

Insightful and illuminating, this book discusses drugs in social contexts.

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.