Abstract:Purpose
This study aims to problematize current calls for a “public health” approach to governing illicit drugs and the people who use them.
Design/methodology/approach
It draws on a range of historical sources to describe how drugs became a problem for governments, in order to critically diagnose the present and investigate the origins of current perspectives on drugs.
Findings
It is argued that there are currently two authoritative drug discourses. The first discourse is the dominant one and is eradicati… Show more
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