The Politics of Drugs Perceptions, Power and Policies
This book explores the complexities of drugs policy in Britain, contradicting the over simplified representation found in the public sphere. It focuses on developments in Britain since the Misuse of Drugs Act of 1971, covering debates at national level an
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Susanne MacGregor
The Politics of Drugs
Susanne MacGregor
The Politics of Drugs Perceptions, Power and Policies
Susanne MacGregor Faculty of Public Health and Policy London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London, UK
ISBN 978-1-137-49681-2 ISBN 978-1-137-49682-9 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-49682-9
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For Greg and Stephanie and to the memory of Tristan Dylan
Preface
In his plenary address to the 2016 ISSDP conference held in Sydney, Australia, Simon Lenton, an eminent psychiatrist, asked the assembled drug policy researchers ‘why are we in the game and does it matter?’ He said he had moved into drugs policy because he felt frustrated as a clinician—he realised it was not enough just to try to help the individual he saw across the desk. What was needed was to change the system. His conclusion was that policy research should address the barriers that stand in the way of changes which could improve lives. One important way in which research can be influential, he thought, was by acting as a bridge, linking local communities and individuals to organisations and decision-makers who have the power to make changes. In some of the interviews I carried out when preparing this book, I asked people how they came to be involv
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