Sending a message: Ecstasy, equasy and the media politics of drug classification

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-237

  Collins, Jeremy W ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drugs; Ecstasy; Governmentality; Politics; Risk

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; METHYLPHENIDATE;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DRUG MISUSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MORALITY; OFFENDER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLITICS; SOCIETY;

EID: 79953872120     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2011.558622     Document Type: Article

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