Key Concepts in Drugs and Society
- Ross Coomber - University of Liverpool, UK, Griffith University, Australia
- Karen McElrath - Fayetteville State University
- Fiona Measham - University of Lancaster, UK
- Karenza Moore - University of Lancaster, UK
SAGE Key Concepts series
- Nigel South, Professor of Sociology, University of Essex
'Provides informative, balanced and contextualized insights into the relationships between people and drugs. Whatever your background and however knowledgeable you feel you are about contemporary drug issues, I guarantee that you will learn something unexpected and new from this valuable text.'
- Joanne Neale, Professor of Public Health, Oxford Brookes University
Why do people take drugs? How do we understand moral panics? What is the relationship between drugs and violence? How do people's social positions influence their involvement in drug use? Insightful and illuminating, this book discusses drugs in social contexts. The authors bring together their different theoretical and practical backgrounds, offering a comprehensive and interdisciplinary introduction that opens up a wide scientific understanding moving beyond cultural myths and presuppositions.
This is an invaluable reference source for students on criminology, sociology and social sciences programmes, as well as drug service practitioners such as drug workers, social workers and specialist nurses.
Good introduction to key concepts however not as in depth as I would have hoped to include as an essential text, as a supplemental this text is adequate and uses language accessible to learners.
Covers broader issues than in the module but some great student friendly chapters.
This is an excellent critical analysis which covers all contemporary drug issues and provides students with an indepth understanding of the keys issues which surround this subject
THE TEXT GIVES A CONCISE AND INFORMED OVERVIEW OF A NUMBER KEY ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSTANCE MISUSE. THE TEXT ENGAGES THE READER THROUGHOUT AND WILL BE RECOMMEDED TO BOTH STUDENTS UNDERTAKING THE AWARD AND COLLEAGUES WORKING WITHIN THE FIELD OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE.
This book gives both a critical and well informed coverage of all the key issues which surround studying this difficult topic. It has a good overall approach to the various aspects of studying drugs and societal issues and is a comprehensive read for students new to the subject.
This books helps in understanding the core problem of drugging within the society
