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Using Space: Critical Geographies of Drugs and Alcohol

120 Pages

by Routledge

118 Pages

by Routledge

120 Pages

by Routledge

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The consumption of drugs and alcohol, and the pleasures and problems arising from this consumption, can be understood as embedded and constitutive elements of social, family, and recreational life. At the same time, they are key sites of intervention for a broad array of state and non-state actors focused on regulation, treatment, and recovery. This edited volume showcases current research... Read more

1. Introduction: Critical Geographies of Drugs and Alcohol Robert Wilton (McMaster University, Canada), Christopher M. Moreno (San Diego State University, USA)

2. Drugs, sex, and the geographies of sexual health in Thailand, Southeast Asia Vincent J. Del Casino Jr. (University of Arizona, USA)

3. Young men's violence and spaces of addiction: opening up the locker room Stuart C. Aitken (San Diego State University)

4. Accounting for context: exploring the role of objects and spaces in the consumption of alcohol and other drugs Cameron Duff (Monash University, Australia)

5. Recovery spaces and therapeutic jurisprudence: a case study of the family treatment drug courts Christopher M. Moreno (San Diego State University, USA), Giorgio H. Curti (San Diego State University, USA)

6. Supportive measures, enabling restraint: governing homeless ‘street drinkers’ in Hamilton, Canada Joshua Evans (Athabasca University, Canada)