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Acknowledgments. 3
About the Authors. 4 Table of Contents. 5 1. Introduction to Intoxication: Self, State and Society. 9 Introduction. 9 Why Study Intoxication?. 10 What Are Drugs?. 14 Measuring Intoxication. 17 How to Use This Book. 19 The Structure of This Book. 20 Points for Discussion. 21 References. 21 2. Historical Origins and Emergence of Intoxication. 24 Introduction. 24 Intoxication in the Pre-Modern Age. 26 Modernity and Intoxication. 28 Intoxication in the 20th Century. 35 Summary. 39 Points for Discussion. 40 References. 40 3. The Regulation and Control of Alcohol 43 Introduction. 43 Alcohol Legislation: Historical Context. 44 The 'Noble Experiment': American and the Prohibition of Alcohol 46 Prohibition in Muslim Majority Countries. 50 The Price of Drink: Regulating the Alcohol Availability and Demand. 51 Alcohol and Crime. 54 'Please Drink Responsibly'?: The problem of moderation. 57 Summary. 58 Points for Discussion. 59 References. 59 4. The Regulation and Control of Drugs. 63 Introduction. 63 The Origins of Drug Prohibition. 63 UN Conventions. 68 The Misuse of Drugs Act. 69 Prohibition as the 'War on Drugs' 72 Prohibition 2.0. 76 Decriminalisation and Legalization Debates. 78 Summary. 79 Points for Discussion. 80 References. 80 5. Theorising Intoxication. 85 Introduction. 85 Physiological Explanations of Intoxication. 86 Social and Cultural Explanations of Intoxication. 87 From Deviance to Subcultures. 89 The Normalisation Debate. 93 Intoxication for Pleasure, Profit and Identity. 101 Summary. 103 Points for Discussion. 104 References. 104 6. Addiction, Treatment and Recovery. 108 Introduction. 108 The Invention of Addiction. 110 The Criminalisation of Addiction. 114 Types of Treatment. 115 Abstinence Approaches (12 Step, Self Help). 115 Therapeutic Communities. 118 Opiate Substitution Therapy. 119 Public Health and Harm Reduction Approaches. 120 Behaviour Change Approaches. 125 Summary. 125 Points for Discussion. 126 References. 126 7. Representing Intoxication. 130 Introduction. 130 Why Representations of Intoxication Matter?. 130 Historical Representations. 132 Representing Drugs in the 20th Century. 133 Celebrities and Addiction. 138 Advertising, Alcohol and Drugs. 139 'Binge Drinking' and UK Media Representations of Intoxication. 141 Media and Morality: Shock and Disgust. 143 Summary. 145 Points for Discussion. 146 References. 146 8. Intoxication across the Life Course. 149 Introduction. 149 Coming of Age through Intoxication. 149 Intoxication in Adulthood. 153 Intoxication in Later Life. 155 Alcohol and Drug-Related Deaths. 156 Summary. 157 Points for Discussion. 158 References. 158 9. Intoxication, Gender and Sexuality. 161 Introduction. 161 Gendering Intoxication. 162 The Feminisation of Intoxication. 167 Alcohol, Drugs and Sex. 170 Queering Intoxication. 173 Summary. 174 Points for Discussion. 175 References. 175 10. Intoxication, Ethnicity, Faith and Nation. 179 Introduction. 179 Drinking Nations and National Drinking Cultures. 179 The Racist Origins of Drugs Prohibition. 182 Contemporary Racism and the War on Drugs. 184 Intoxication, Identity and Inequality. 185 Summary. 188 Points
