A history of drugs : drugs and freedom in the liberal age

'A History of Drugs' details the history of the relationship between drugs and freedom over the last 200 years; thus disturbing and unravelling the 'naturalness' of the 'drug question', as it traces the multiple and heterogeneous lines of development out of which it has been assembled. Introduction : drugs, freedom and liberalism -- A conceptual map : freedom, the "will" and addiction -- Opium, regulation and classical liberalism : the Pharmacy act 1868 -- Drugs, prohibition and welfarism : the Dangerous drugs act 1920 -- Drugs, risk and neo-liberalism : the Drugs act 2005 -- Drugs as a regulation and governance problem -- Conclusions : drugs and freedom in the liberal age