Creating the cannabis user. A post-structuralist analysis of the re-classification of cannabis in the United Kingdom (2004-2005)

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-186

  Acevedo, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Cannabis re classification; Discourses; Foucault; Genealogy; Post Structuralism; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CRIMINAL LAW; DRUG LEGISLATION; GOVERNMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CANNABIS; CRIME; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGISLATION, DRUG; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES;

EID: 34249999698     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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