Policing and Prescribing The British System of Drug Control

This book comprises of fourteen specially commissioned essays on the theme of drug abuse and the control of drug use in Britain. It analyses and appraises the two strands of that which has been termed the 'British system' of control, namely, prescription to, and rehabilitation of, registered users and enforcement action against illegal users. It also examines issues of contemporary relevance in the drug control debate, including the economics of drug control, drug education, the impact of AIDS, new trends in legislation and decriminalisation.

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