Policing and Prescribing: The British System of Drug Control

Preface - Notes on the Contributors - Drug Problems, Drug Policies; D.Whynes - DRUG USE AND THE BRITISH SYSTEM - The Consequences of Illegal Drug Use; C.Fazey - The Junkies' Doctors and the London Drug Scene in the 1960s: some remembered fragments; K.Leech - Policing the Medical Profession: the Use of Tribunals; P.Bean - Prescribing to Addicts; J.Willis - Crime and Heroin Use; J.Mott - Life-styles and Law Enforcement; M.Gilman & G.Pearson - Profits and Penalties: New Trends in Legislation and Law Enforcement concerning Illegal Drugs; N.Dorn & N.South - CONTEMPORARY POLICY THEMES - The Epidemiology of Contemporary Drug Abuse; J.Giggs - AIDS and British Drug Policy: History repeats itself ...?; V.Berridge - The Economic of Drug Policy; R.Stevenson - Drug Issues in Health Education: Demand Reduction or Public Panacea?; J.Whynes - Criminalisation and Control; G.Graham - Rethinking American Drugs Policy: A Bundle of Peaceful Compromises; A.Trebach - Index