Consuming Pleasures

Australia and the International Drug Business

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Public Policy, Health & Well Being, Health
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Author: John Rainford ISBN: 9781921696732
Publisher: Fremantle Press Publication: May 14, 2010
Imprint: Fremantle Press Language: English
Author: John Rainford
ISBN: 9781921696732
Publisher: Fremantle Press
Publication: May 14, 2010
Imprint: Fremantle Press
Language: English

Tracing the international and Australian history of both licit and illicit drug use, this investigation combines the topic of drug use with analyses of political power, the rise of the market, and social issues. It examines the way in which drug consumption is regulated in the era of global free trade by first looking at the start of the opium-growing industry and the racist origins of drug laws. Providing a social history of drug use through the lens of international politics, market forces, medicine, and race, this discussion also considers the paradox of contemporary, white Australian identity and an Australia as a nation of people whose per capita drug consumption often equals and surpasses that of most other nations.

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Tracing the international and Australian history of both licit and illicit drug use, this investigation combines the topic of drug use with analyses of political power, the rise of the market, and social issues. It examines the way in which drug consumption is regulated in the era of global free trade by first looking at the start of the opium-growing industry and the racist origins of drug laws. Providing a social history of drug use through the lens of international politics, market forces, medicine, and race, this discussion also considers the paradox of contemporary, white Australian identity and an Australia as a nation of people whose per capita drug consumption often equals and surpasses that of most other nations.

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