A History of Drugs: Drugs and Freedom in the Liberal Age
Author:   Toby Seddon (University of Manchester, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415589604


Pages:   186
Publication Date:   12 July 2010
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Toby Seddon (University of Manchester, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge Cavendish
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.360kg
ISBN:  

9780415589604


ISBN 10:   0415589606
Pages:   186
Publication Date:   12 July 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Drugs, Freedom and Liberalism 2. A Conceptual Map: Freedom, the ‘Will’ and Addiction 3. Opium, Regulation and Classical Liberalism: The Pharmacy Act 1868 4. Drugs, Prohibition and Welfarism: The Dangerous Drugs Act 1920 5. Drugs, Risk and Neo-Liberalism: The Drugs Act 2005 6. Drugs as a Regulation and Governance Problem 7. Conclusions: Drugs and Freedom in the Liberal Age

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'As a platform for first understanding the nature of 'drug problems' and, thereby, allowing one to challenge them, Seddon's book is invaluable.'-Psychedelic Press UK, psypressuk.com, posted 15 June 2012


Author Information

Toby Seddon is Senior Research Fellow in the School of Law at the University of Manchester where he is also Director of the Regulation, Security and Justice Research Centre. He is author of Punishment and Madness (Routledge-Cavendish).

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