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995921
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b750291
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Heroin addiction and the British system /\ edited by John Strang and Michael Gossop.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2005.
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1 online resource (2 volumes) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203643356
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: 0203643380
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: 0415298148
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: 0415298164
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: 9780203643358
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: 9780203643389
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: 9780415298148
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: 9780415298162
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0415298156
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0415298172
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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v. 1. Misreported and misunderstood : the 'British system' of drug policy / John Strang and Michael Gossop. The 'British system' and its history : myth and reality / Virginia Berridge. The early years of Britain's drug situation in practice : up to the 1960s / Bing Spear. The drugs problem of the 1960s : a new type of problem / Thomas Bewley. Crawley New Town : case study of a local heroin epidemic in the 1960s / N.H. (Raj) Rathod. Intravenous and oral street use of barbiturates : the 'epidemic' of the 1970s and early 1980s / Angela Burr. Heroin epidemics and social exclusion in the UK, 1980-2000 / Howard Parker. Flexible hierarchies and dynamic disorder : the trading and distribution of illicit heroin in Britain and Europe / Roger Lewis. Drug epidemics in space and time : local diversity, subcultures, and social exclusion / Goeffrey Pearson and Mark Gilman. The arrival of HIV / J. Roy Robertson . The great Mersey experiment : the birth of harm reduction / Peter McDermott. Different types of heroin in the UK : what significance and what relationship to different routes of administration? / John Strang, Paul Griffiths and Michael Gossop. Use of illegal drugs in Northern Ireland : the strange case of a surprisingly small problem / Dianan patterson . 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. The development of the voluntary sector : no further need for pioneers? / David Turner. AIDS and drug misuse in the UK : achievements, failings and new harm reduction opportunities / John Strang. Hepatitis C, the sleeping giant and the sleeping 'British system' / Tom Waller.
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| Abstract
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Presenting a comprehensive account of the development of policies and treatments, Heroin Addiction a brings together the perspectives of policy makers, practitioners and social commentators. The book contributes to a proper understanding of how.
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Drug control-- Great Britain.
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Heroin abuse-- Treatment-- Great Britain.
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Heroin abuse-- Great Britain-- Prevention.
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Drug control.
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Heroin abuse-- Prevention.
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Heroin abuse-- Treatment.
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SELF-HELP-- Substance Abuse Addictions-- Drug Dependence.
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Heroin Dependence-- history.
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Drug and Narcotic Control.
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Heroin Dependence-- therapy.
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History, 20th Century.
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Public Policy.
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United Kingdom.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.29/3/0941
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| LC Classification
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HV5840.G7H47 2005eb
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| NLM classification
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2005 C-885
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WM 11 FA1H547 2005
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| Added Entry
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Gossop, Michael,1948-
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Strang, John.
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