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Drugs and the world / Axel Klein.

By: Publication details: London : Reaktion, 2008.Description: 221 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781861893819 (pbk.)
  • 1861893817 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.29 22
LOC classification:
  • HV5801 .K54 2008
Contents:
Taking leave of our senses : drug use and drug-taking in the 21st century -- The pathology of drug use -- Possible benefits of drug use -- How drugs have shaped history in the modern era -- Redefining the issue : symptom of decadence or development problem? -- International drug control : system and structure -- How drugs became a development issue -- Drugs and development along the silk route -- Positives and negatives of the drugs economy -- The khat economy -- Drugs and the management of pleasure.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-216) and index.

Taking leave of our senses : drug use and drug-taking in the 21st century -- The pathology of drug use -- Possible benefits of drug use -- How drugs have shaped history in the modern era -- Redefining the issue : symptom of decadence or development problem? -- International drug control : system and structure -- How drugs became a development issue -- Drugs and development along the silk route -- Positives and negatives of the drugs economy -- The khat economy -- Drugs and the management of pleasure.

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