From MR Sin to MR Big: A History of Australian Drug Laws

by Desmond Manderson

In this compelling legal and social history of the origins and development of drug laws in Australia, Desmond Manderson traces, in a lively and irreverent style, the gradual politicization of the drug law debate. He argues that the selective enactment of drug laws has been driven by fear, racism, powerful international pressures, and the vested interests of the medical profession, bureaucrats, and politicians, rather than by genuine concerns about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195535316
• ISBN13: 9780195535310
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"