TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hughes,Rhidian
AU  - Lart,Rachel
AU  - Higate,Paul
TI  - Drugs: policy and politics 
T2  - Introducing social policy
SN  - 9780335225835 (ebook)
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Maidenhead
PB  - Open University Press
KW  - Drug abuse
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Drug addicts
KW  - Services for
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Health and Wellbeing
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Social services & welfare, criminology
KW  - thema
KW  - Social welfare & social services
KW  - Pharmacology
KW  - Stationery items
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Also available in printed form ISBN 9780335216161; Electronic reproduction; Askews and Holts; Mode of access: World Wide Web
N2  - Set within the context of current and recent policy and political response, this study considers the way in which policy has been formulated and implemented with reference to a range of substantive and theoretical areas; Drugs: Policy and Politics is an accessible introduction to the links between drugs and social policy. Assessing current and recent policies and political responses, it considers the ways in which drugs policy is formulated and implemented in the UK and Europe.The book examines the dynamic context of drug policy through discussions of broader policy fields such as health and the criminal justice system. The contributors offer evidence-based insights into the social complexities of both drug use and drug users, as they examine those specific groups who are associated with particular patterns of drug use. Drug issues are linked with aspects of gender, race and social exclusion, all of which have a resonance in the current discourses of policy making. Drugs: Policy and Politics provides an important set of tools with which to rethink the diversity of drug use and drug users. It is important reading for social policy students and researchers, as well as trainee social workers, probation officers, police and prison officers
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