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dc.contributor.authorBuxton, Julia*
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-28T10:47:43Z
dc.date.available2009-07-28T10:47:43Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationBuxton, J. (2006). The Political Economy of Narcotics: Production, Consumption and Global Markets. London, Zed Books.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/3175
dc.descriptionNoen
dc.description.abstractThis scholarly examination of the worldwide web of narcotics today provides students, social workers, health providers, law enforcement officers and policy makers with an up-to-date, overall exploration of the world of drugs. Vast resources are pumped into the 'war on drugs'. But in practice, prohibition has failed. Narcotics use continues to rise, while technology and globalisation have made a whole new range of drugs available to a vast consumer market. Where wealth and demand exist, supply continues to follow. Prohibition has failed to stem consumption and production, criminalised social groups, impeded research into alternative medicine and disease, promoted violence and gang warfare, and impacted negatively on the environment. The alternative is a humane policy framework that recognizes the incentives to produce, traffic and consume narcotics.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectNarcoticsen
dc.subjectDrug addictionen
dc.subjectDrug traffickingen
dc.subjectCriminologyen
dc.subjectDrugsen
dc.subjectDrug productionen
dc.subjectSocial welfareen
dc.titleThe Political Economy of Narcotics: Production, Consumption and Global Marketsen
dc.status.refereedYesen
dc.typeBooken
dc.type.versionnot applicable paperen
dc.relation.urlhttp://us.macmillan.com/thepoliticaleconomyofnarcotics


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