Overview

The British system of dealing with drug addiction is notable for its flexibility and its capacity to adapt to changing circumstances. As such it has attracted considerable international interest. In this linked pair of books, the reader is invited on two illustrated journeys. In the first volume, the focus is on the evolution of the drugs problem and policy in the UK, from the Rolleson report to hepatitis C. The second volume explores the different forms of treatment which were employed over the 20th century, either as initiatives which would have been identifiable at the time as new or as broad themes within the British system which can be seen more clearly over a longer time frame. Presenting an objective account of the development of policies and treatments, this study enables a proper understanding of how these have evolved and what lessons are applicable today.

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Author:   Michael Gossop ,  John Strang
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.771kg
ISBN:  

9780415298186

ISBN 10:   0415298180
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   23 December 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Volume I 1. Misreported and misunderstood: the 'British System' of drug policy John Strang and Michael Gossop 2. The 'British System' and its history: myth and reality Virginia Berridge 3. The early years of Britain's drug situation in practice - up to the 1960s Bing Spear 4. The drugs problem of the 1960s: A new type of problem Thomas Bewley 5. Crawley New Town: Case study of a local heroin epidemic in the 1960s Raj Rathod 6. Intravenous and oral street use of barbiturates: the 'barb epidemic' of the 1970s and early 1980s Angela Burr 7. Heroin epidemics and social exclusion in the U.K.:1980 - 2000 Howard Parker 8. Flexible hierarchies and dynamic disorder - the trading and distribution of illicit heroin in Britain and Europe, 1970-90 Roger Lewis 9. Drug epidemics in space and time: local diversity, sub-cultures and social exclusion Geoff Pearson and Mark Gilman 10. The arrival of HIV Roy Robertson 11. The great Mersey experiment: the birth of harm reduction Peter McDermott 12. Heroin in new forms in the U.K.: what significance and what relationship to different routes of administration? John Strang, Paul Griffiths and Michael Gossop 13. Use of illegal drugs in Northern Ireland: The strange case of a surprisingly small problem Diana Patterson 14. The relationship between the State and local practice in the development of national policy on drugs between 1920 and 1990 Gerry V Stimson and Rachel Lart 15. The development of the voluntary sector: no further need for pioneers? David Turner 16. AIDS and drug misuse in the U.K.: achievements, failings and new harm reduction opportunities John Strang 17. Hepatitis C, the sleeping giant and the sleeping 'British System' Tom Waller Volume II 1. The history of heroin prescribing and other injectable drugs as addiction treatment in the U.K. John Strang, Sue Ruben, Michael Farrell, John Witton, Francis Keaney and Michael Gossop 2. The origins of the new drug clinics of the 1960s: Clinical demand and the formation of policy Philip Connell and John Strang 3. The new drug clinics of the 1968: 'Everything will be alright when the new place is built' Jim Willis 4. Uncertainty and crisis within drug clinics in the 1970s Martin Mitcheson 5. The fall and rise of the general practitioner Alan Glanz 6. The GP and the drug misuser in the new NHS: a new 'British System' Clare Gerada 7. Treating drug dependance in primary care: reflecting on the problems as well as the potential John Merrill and Sue Ruben 8. The rise and fall of the Community Drug Team: the gap between aspiration and achievement Sue Clement and John Strang 9. The coming of age of oral methadone maintenance programmes in the U.K. in the 1990s Michael Farrell/

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