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What Drives British Drug Policies ⋆
Author(s) -
EDWARDS GRIFFITH
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1989.tb00572.x
Subject(s) - control (management) , policy analysis , drug control , policy development , political science , public relations , public administration , economics , management
Summary This paper identifies four broad types of influence which have contributed to the dynamics of British drug policy development over many decades: international influences, varieties of fear, professional entrepreneur‐ship, and the perceived tension between treatment and control. A follow‐through of these same themes to current policy concerns is traced. The need to develop a comparative and international framework for policy analysis is stressed. Policy research, it is argued, deserves to be given greater attention as the necessary means toward a more informed sense of feasibilities and policy options.