Demons : our changing attitudes to alcohol, tobacco, & drugs / Virginia Berridge.
Binge drinking, particularly in young women, has become big news. Debates about the regulation and classification of cannabis are frequently voiced. Cigarette smoking is banned in public places, and emotive public health campaigns seek to reduce its use still further. Yet there are many sides to eac...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other title: | Demons : our changing attitudes to alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
|
| Edition: | First Edition. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: past and present
- Culture: drugs for all
- Social movements: temperance
- The professionals: doctors and pharmacists
- Fear: dens and degeneration
- Economics and technology: the role of industry
- Internationalism and war
- Mass culture and subculture
- The new public health
- Convergence or divergence? public health and neuroscience
- Hedonism or control?
- Afterword: history and the future.