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Informationen zum Autor TIM BOTTOMLEY Drugs Service Manager, Trafford Community Drugs TeamKEVIN BRAIN Social Exclusion Policy Office, Warrington Unitary AuthorityJON BREEZE Research Associate, Sheffield Hallam UniversityNICOLA ELSON Research Assistant, SPARCFIONA MEASHAM Lecturer in Criminology, Lancaster University Klappentext The appetite for illicit drugs in the UK continues to grow and diversify. Young Britons consume more drugs than their peers anywhere else in Europe. Why and how has this happened and why have all official efforts to stem drug 'abuse' so far failed. Will the new UK drugs strategy fair any better? This unique collection of contemporary studies from the frontline by a leading social research group describes the drugs landscape in an accessible and authoritative way. Zusammenfassung The appetite for illicit drugs in the UK continues to grow and diversify. Young Britons consume more drugs than their peers anywhere else in Europe. Why and how has this happened and why have all official efforts to stem drug 'abuse' so far failed. Will the new UK drugs strategy fair any better? This unique collection of contemporary studies from the frontline by a leading social research group describes the drugs landscape in an accessible and authoritative way. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction Unbelievable? The UK's Drugs Present; H.Parker Unenforceable? How Young Britons Obtain their Drugs; H.Parker Unconventional ? Adolescent Drug Triers and Users in England; R.Egginton, J.Aldridge & H.Parker Unpreventable? How Young People Make and Remake Drug Taking Decisions; J .Breeze, J.Aldridge & H.Parker Unstoppable? Drugs in the British Nightclub Scene; F.Measham, J.Aldridge & H.Parker Unreachable? The New Young Heroin Users; H.Parker, R.Egginton & N.Elson Untreatable? Hidden Crack Cocaine and Poly Drug Users; K.Brain, H.Parker & T.Bottomley Unpredictable? Britain's Drugs Futures; H.Parker, J.Aldridge & R.Egginton Bibliography Glossary Index...
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Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction Unbelievable? The UK's Drugs Present; H.Parker Unenforceable? How Young Britons Obtain their Drugs; H.Parker Unconventional ? Adolescent Drug Triers and Users in England; R.Egginton, J.Aldridge & H.Parker Unpreventable? How Young People Make and Remake Drug Taking Decisions; J .Breeze, J.Aldridge & H.Parker Unstoppable? Drugs in the British Nightclub Scene; F.Measham, J.Aldridge & H.Parker Unreachable? The New Young Heroin Users; H.Parker, R.Egginton & N.Elson Untreatable? Hidden Crack Cocaine and Poly Drug Users; K.Brain, H.Parker & T.Bottomley Unpredictable? Britain's Drugs Futures; H.Parker, J.Aldridge & R.Egginton Bibliography Glossary Index
