NCJ Number
177961
Editor(s)
Nigel South
Date Published
1999
Length
173 pages
Annotation
This volume outlines a new approach to addressing the problem of drugs and drug use for the next century, and contributors examine whether a process of normalizing drugs and drug use is underway.
Abstract
The volume is intended for use by students, teachers, and researchers in the fields of cultural studies, sociology, and criminology. Contributors recognize drugs are part of everyday life and ordinary cultures and society is constantly reminded of the dangers of drugs by politicians, professionals, and the media who report on drug use trends, drug-related crime, and the latest drug trends. They look at the debate over drug prohibition versus drug legalization, drug control, the drug culture, drug use by young people, images of race and drugs, drug policies, medical responses to drugs, the strategy of policing drug use and controlling drug users, and drug control and sports. References, tables, and figures