A history of drugs
Subtitle: drugs and freedom in the liberal age
By: Toby Seddon.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415480277; 9780203880838
Subjects: Drug abuse -- Government policy -- Great Britain; Drug abuse -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : drugs, freedom and liberalism; title: A conceptual map : freedom, the "will" and addiction; title: Opium, regulation and classical liberalism : the Pharmacy act 1868; title: Drugs, prohibition and welfarism : the Dangerous drugs act 1920; title: Drugs, risk and neo-liberalism : the Drugs act 2005; title: Drugs as a regulation and governance problem; title: Conclusions : drugs and freedom in the liberal age.