Living with Drugs

Helps readers understand the use of psychotropic substances in both traditional and modern societies and the consequences of the war on drugs

Alessandro Stella (Author), Anne Coppel (Author)

9781785483172, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 13 November 2020

350 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.69 kg

Living with Drugs explores topics surrounding their control, use and risk of misuse. The conclusions in this book are drawn from the seminar held at the EHESS in Paris during the years 2015-2017. It involved anthropologists, sociologists, historians, philosophers, economists, lawyers, doctors, psychiatrists, health center workers, community activists, users and former drug users. The seminar, like the resulting book, is based on a transversal approach to disciplines, space and time, and a confluence of academic, practical and experiential knowledge.

1. Usual and modern uses of drugs
2. The war on drugs: a humanitarian plague
3. Drugs and morality
4. Live and work with drugs

Subject Areas: Economics [KC]