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From marijuana and jazz, to amphetamines and punk, drugs and
popular music have been inextricably tied together. Today the music
is electronic and ecstasy and party drugs are the drugs of choice.
In Ecstasy and Raves, Hunt, an anthropologist, and Evans, a
sociologist, explore the attraction of the scene and the drugs to
young people today. Using information from over 300 in-depth
interviews with ravers, DJ's and promoters, the authors examine the
social and ethnic background of the ravers and clubbers, their
initial involvement with the scene, their experiences of the drugs
and their changing tastes in music. They show how the scene is made
up of many different social groupings based not just on social
class, gender or ethnicity, but also length of time in the scene,
choice of drugs, styles of dancing and types of music. Hunt and
Evans discover that although ravers share many commonalities they
are not identical and do not speak with a single voice. Through
them, we learn of candy ravers, jaded ravers, newbies, old school
ravers, veterans, house heads and trance heads. In contrast to the
often stereotypical views of about young drug users as naive and
poorly informed, the authors explore the sources of information
used by ravers, the precautions they take both prior and after
using and the controls they impose on each others' use. We learn
about their frustrations with recent legislation controlling raves
and clubs, their anger at the increasing commercialization of the
scene, and their general skepticism about official pronouncements
on the dangers of ecstasy and other drugs.
Bringing together scholars from different disciplines in the
humanities and social sciences, this multidisciplinary Handbook
offers a comprehensive critical overview of intoxicants and
intoxication. The Handbook is divided into 34 chapters across eight
thematic sections covering a wide range of issues, including the
meanings of intoxicants; the social life of intoxicants;
intoxication settings; intoxication practices; alternative
approaches to the study of intoxication; scapegoated intoxicants;
discourses shaping intoxication; and changing notions of excess. It
explores a range of different intoxicants, including alcohol,
tobacco, coffee, tea, and legal and illicit drugs, including
amphetamine, cannabis, ecstasy, khat, methadone, and opiates.
Chapter length case studies explore these intoxicants in a variety
of countries, including the USA, the UK, Australia, Bosnia &
Herzegovina, Brazil, Denmark, Ireland, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria,
Singapore, and Sweden, across a broad timespan covering the
nineteenth century to the present day. This wide-ranging Handbook
will be of great interest to researchers, students, and instructors
within the humanities and social sciences with an interest in a
wide range of different intoxicants and different intoxication
practices.
Current approaches to drugs tend to be determined by medical and
criminal visions that emerged over a century ago; the concepts of
addiction, on the one hand, and drug control on the other, having
imposed themselves as the unquestionable central notions
surrounding drug issues and discourses. Pathologization and
criminalization are the dominant perspectives on psychoactive
drugs, and it is difficult to describe drug consumption in any
terms other than those of medicine, or to conceive of regulation
except in terms of control and eradication. Drugs and Culture
presents other voices and understandings of drug issues,
highlighting the socio-cultural features of drug use and regulation
in modern societies. It examines the cultural dimensions of drugs
and their regulation, with special attention to questions of how
consumption of specific psychoactive substances becomes associated
with particular social groups; the social dynamics involved in our
coming to think of these phenomena as we do; and the factors that
determine the political and policy responses to drug use. Adopting
approaches from anthropology, sociology, history, political science
and geopolitics to challenge the prevailing pathologization and
criminalization of drug use, this book provides international and
comparative perspectives on drug research, based on the latest
research in Europe, the USA, the Middle East and Hong Kong.
-Nanotechnology is the new genetic modification, with $5 billion in
funding, involving thousands of companies and universities-This is
the first book to take stock of the risks and benefits of
nanotechnology, and the complex ethical and legal questions facing
governments, the public, investors, and businesses worldwide-An
accessible popular science book for all interested in the
fascinating and unpredictable science, law, policy and regulation
of nanotechNanotechnology-technology at the molecular level-has the
potential, according to its supporters, to create a trillion dollar
economy and provide solutions from curing cancer to reprocessing
waste into products and building super-fast computers. Yet, as with
genetically modified organisms, many view nanotech as a high-risk
genie in a bottle that once uncorked has the potential to cause
unpredictable, and perhaps irreversible, environmental and public
health disasters.With the race to bring products to market, there
is pressing need to take stock of the situation and to have a full
public debate about this new technological frontier. Including
contributions by renowned figures such as Roland Clift, K. Eric
Drexler, and Arpad Pusztai, this is the first global overview of
the state of nanotech and society in US, Europe, Japan, and Canada,
examining the ethics, the environmental, and public health risks,
and the governance and regulation of this most promising, and
potentially most dangerous, of all technologies.
Nanotechnology - technology at the molecular level - is held out by
many as the Holy Grail for creating a trillion dollar economy and
solving problems from curing cancer to reprocessing waste into
products and building superfast computers. Yet, as with GMOs, many
view nanotech as a high risk genie in a bottle that once uncorked
has the potential to cause unpredictable, perhaps irreversible,
environmental and public health disasters. With the race to bring
products to market, there is pressing need to take stock of the
situation and to have a full public debate about this new
technological frontier. Including contributions by renowned figures
such as Roland Clift, K. Eric Drexler and Arpad Pusztai, this is
the first global overview of the state of nanotech and society in
Europe, the USA, Japan and Canada, examining the ethics, the
environmental and public health risks, and the governance and
regulation of this most promising, and potentially most dangerous,
of all technologies.
This book examines major ethical issues in nursing practice. It
eschews the abstract approaches of bioethics and medical ethics,
and takes as its point of departure the difficulties nurses
experience practising within the confines of a biomedical model and
a hierarchical health care system. It breaks out of the rigid
categories of mainstream health care ethics (autonomy, beneficence,
quality of life, utilitarianism) and provides case studies,
experiences and challenging lines of thought for the new
professional nurse. The contributors examine the role of the nurse
in relation to themes such as informed consent, privacy and
dignity, and confidentiality. Nursing accountability is also
considered in relation to the contemporary Western health care
system as a whole. New and critical essays examine the nature of
professional codes, care, medical judgement, nursing research and
the law. Controversial issues, such as feeding those who cannot or
will not eat, the epidemiology of HIV and dilemmas of choice and
risk in the care of the elderly are tackled honestly and openly.
This is the first book to take nursing ethics beyond stock 'moral concepts' to a critical examination of the fundamental assumptions underlying the very nature of nursing. It takes as its point of departure the difficulties nurses experience practising within the confines of a bioethical model of health and illness and a hierarchical, technocratic health care system. The contributors go on to deal openly and honestly with controversial issues faced by nurses, such as euthanasia and HIV.
Current approaches to drugs tend to be determined by medical and
criminal visions that emerged over a century ago; the concepts of
addiction, on the one hand, and drug control on the other, having
imposed themselves as the unquestionable central notions
surrounding drug issues and discourses. Pathologization and
criminalization are the dominant perspectives on psychoactive
drugs, and it is difficult to describe drug consumption in any
terms other than those of medicine, or to conceive of regulation
except in terms of control and eradication. Drugs and Culture
presents other voices and understandings of drug issues,
highlighting the socio-cultural features of drug use and regulation
in modern societies. It examines the cultural dimensions of drugs
and their regulation, with special attention to questions of how
consumption of specific psychoactive substances becomes associated
with particular social groups; the social dynamics involved in our
coming to think of these phenomena as we do; and the factors that
determine the political and policy responses to drug use. Adopting
approaches from anthropology, sociology, history, political science
and geopolitics to challenge the prevailing pathologization and
criminalization of drug use, this book provides international and
comparative perspectives on drug research, based on the latest
research in Europe, the USA, the Middle East and Hong Kong.
From marijuana and jazz, to amphetamines and punk, drugs and
popular music have been inextricably tied together. Today the music
is electronic and ecstasy and party drugs are the drugs of choice.
In Ecstasy and Raves, Hunt, an anthropologist, and Evans, a
sociologist, explore the attraction of the scene and the drugs to
young people today. Using information from over 300 in-depth
interviews with ravers, DJ's and promoters, the authors examine the
social and ethnic background of the ravers and clubbers, their
initial involvement with the scene, their experiences of the drugs
and their changing tastes in music. They show how the scene is made
up of many different social groupings based not just on social
class, gender or ethnicity, but also length of time in the scene,
choice of drugs, styles of dancing and types of music. Hunt and
Evans discover that although ravers share many commonalities they
are not identical and do not speak with a single voice. Through
them, we learn of candy ravers, jaded ravers, newbies, old school
ravers, veterans, house heads and trance heads. In contrast to the
often stereotypical views of about young drug users as naive and
poorly informed, the authors explore the sources of information
used by ravers, the precautions they take both prior and after
using and the controls they impose on each others' use. We learn
about their frustrations with recent legislation controlling raves
and clubs, their anger at the increasing commercialization of the
scene, and their general skepticism about official pronouncements
on the dangers of ecstasy and other drugs.
In this book the core of the Buddha's teaching is comprehensively
cast in modern models of thought - borrowed from science and
philosophy - and informed by contemporary concerns. It sets out the
basic instructions for the life-changing way of the Buddha (the
so-called 'Noble Eightfold Path') wholly in the context of
contemporary and everyday life, personal experience, human
relationships, work, environmental concern and the human wish for
peace. The reader, who may be completely new to Buddhism, is
accompanied along the Path with practical exercises that are fully
explained. The Path begins with an introductory overview and then
proceeds through Right Speech, Right Acting, Right Livelihood,
Right Effort, Right Concentration, Right Mindfulness, Right
Understanding and Right Resolve, and concludes with a short chapter
on the relevance of the Path to the current global crisis. The
reader is mentored throughout by practical meditational and
contemplative exercises, with tables, diagrams, analogies and
stories. Gradually the reader who has followed this handbook with
commitment will feel the benefits of growing peacefulness, wisdom
and compassion.
In this book the core of the Buddha's teaching is comprehensively
cast in modern models of thought - borrowed from science and
philosophy - and informed by contemporary concerns. It sets out the
basic instructions for the life-changing way of the Buddha (the
so-called 'Noble Eightfold Path') wholly in the context of
contemporary and everyday life, personal experience, human
relationships, work, environmental concern and the human wish for
peace. The reader, who may be completely new to Buddhism, is
accompanied along the Path with practical exercises that are fully
explained. The Path begins with an introductory overview and then
proceeds through Right Speech, Right Acting, Right Livelihood,
Right Effort, Right Concentration, Right Mindfulness, Right
Understanding and Right Resolve, and concludes with a short chapter
on the relevance of the Path to the current global crisis. The
reader is mentored throughout by practical meditational and
contemplative exercises, with tables, diagrams, analogies and
stories. Gradually the reader who has followed this handbook with
commitment will feel the benefits of growing peacefulness, wisdom
and compassion.
The first volume to provide access to information on drug treatment
systems from a wide cross-section of 20 countries, Drug Treatment
Systems in an International Perspective examines the ways in which
other counties from around the world have chosen to cope with the
spread of illicit drugs. Now health planners and administrators,
treatment professionals, researchers, and students can place the
development of their own treatment systems in a wider context and
can examine the extent to which that development shares common
structural features with those of other countries and cultures.
Following a comparative discussion of the various countries, the
volume addresses four key issues: gender specific treatment, the
politics of financing and evaluation, the private sector and state
control, and exporting drug treatment ideologies. It provides a
comparative and cross-cultural perspective on drug treatment
approaches today and examines the influence of social, political,
and economic forces on the treatment of drug addicts. In addition,
the editors have included a handy glossary, which explains key
terms unfamiliar to readers outside the particular country.
Providing and interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspective to
drug treatment, Drug Treatment Systems in an International
Perspective will be of interest academics, students, and
professionals in psychology, especially those focusing on clinical
psychology, addiction, dependency, and treatment. It will also be
of great interest to public health planners and administrators.
The first volume to provide access to information on drug treatment
systems from a wide cross-section of 20 countries, Drug Treatment
Systems in an International Perspective examines the ways in which
other counties from around the world have chosen to cope with the
spread of illicit drugs. Now health planners and administrators,
treatment professionals, researchers, and students can place the
development of their own treatment systems in a wider context and
can examine the extent to which that development shares common
structural features with those of other countries and cultures.
Following a comparative discussion of the various countries, the
volume addresses four key issues: gender specific treatment, the
politics of financing and evaluation, the private sector and state
control, and exporting drug treatment ideologies. It provides a
comparative and cross-cultural perspective on drug treatment
approaches today and examines the influence of social, political,
and economic forces on the treatment of drug addicts. In addition,
the editors have included a handy glossary, which explains key
terms unfamiliar to readers outside the particular country.
Providing and interdisciplinary and cross-cultural perspective to
drug treatment, Drug Treatment Systems in an International
Perspective will be of interest academics, students, and
professionals in psychology, especially those focusing on clinical
psychology, addiction, dependency, and treatment. It will also be
of great interest to public health planners and administrators.
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