Living with Drugs explores topics surrounding their control, use and risk of misuse. The conclusions in this book are drawn from the seminar held at the EHESS in Paris during the years 2015-2017. It involved anthropologists, sociologists, historians, philosophers, economists, lawyers, doctors, psychiatrists, health center workers, community activists, users and former drug users. The seminar, like the resulting book, is based on a transversal approach to disciplines, space and time, and a confluence of academic, practical and experiential knowledge.
1. Introduction - p. page_xiii 2. Part 1: Traditional and Modern Drug Use - p. page_xxix 3. 1: The Treatment of Intoxication and Ecstasy in Christian Churches - p. page_3 4. 2: Between Boredom and Intoxication - p. page_13 5. 3: Drugs and Development: Qat, Ethiopia’s “Green Gold” - p. page_25 6. 4: Qat in Yemen, a War Profiteer - p. page_37 7. 5: A History of the Present on Drugs: Opium, Heroin and Methamphetamine - p. page_51 8. 6: “White Death” Heroin’s Odyssey in Greece During the 20th Century - p. page_75 9. 7: Drug Prohibition in Vietnam - p. page_87 10. 8: “Ganja in the Mountains, Sabu in the Sea”: The Rural Drug Landscape in Aceh, Indonesia - p. page_109 11. 9: A “Pacific” Drug? Vanuatu’s Kava and the American Market - p. page_125 12. Part 2: The War on Drugs: A Humanitarian Plague - p. page_143 13. 10: Punitive Rationales in Anti-drug Legislation in the Light of International Law - p. page_147 14. 11: From Prison to the Death Penalty: Human Rights Violations in the War on Drugs - p. page_157 15. 12: Drugs as Weapons of Subversion: Forging the Internal Enemy in Brazil at the Crossroads of the Revolutionary War and the War on Drugs - p. page_165 16. 13: The Lost War: The Prohibition of Impossible Drugs, Public Policies and Social Practices in Latin America in the 21st Century - p. page_187 17. Part 3: Drugs and Morals - p. page_199 18. 14: Dealers, the Modern-day Demons - p. page_203 19. 15: Heroin Markets in Paris in the Years 1968–2000: Prohibition, at the Heart of the Dynamics of Drug Diffusion? - p. page_217 20. 16: Street Dealers in Geneva - p. page_229 21. 17: The Media Representation of Drug Deaths - p. page_245 22. Part 4: Living and Working with Drugs - p. page_256 23. 18: The Issues of Psychotropic Drug Use in the Workplace: Working Drug Users or Workers Who Use Drugs? - p. page_259 24. 19: The Notion of “Technical Activity” as a Definition of the Use of Psychoactive Substances (PASs) - p. page_275 25. 20: Towards a Regulatory Framework for Legalized Cannabis in France - p. page_285 26. 21: Medical Prescription in the Context of Drug Prohibition: The Example of Opiates - p. page_295 27. 22: Drugs, Pleasure and Collective Addictions - p. page_305 28. List of Authors - p. page_315 29. Index - p. page_317
Living with Drugs explores topics surrounding their control, use and risk of misuse. The conclusions in this book are drawn from the seminar held at the EHESS in Paris during the years 2015-2017. It involved anthropologists, sociologists, historians, philosophers, economists, lawyers, doctors, psychiatrists, health center workers, community activists, users and former drug users. The seminar, like the resulting book, is based on a transversal approach to disciplines, space and time, and a confluence of academic, practical and experiential knowledge.
1. Introduction - p. page_xiii 2. Part 1: Traditional and Modern Drug Use - p. page_xxix 3. 1: The Treatment of Intoxication and Ecstasy in Christian Churches - p. page_3 4. 2: Between Boredom and Intoxication - p. page_13 5. 3: Drugs and Development: Qat, Ethiopia’s “Green Gold” - p. page_25 6. 4: Qat in Yemen, a War Profiteer - p. page_37 7. 5: A History of the Present on Drugs: Opium, Heroin and Methamphetamine - p. page_51 8. 6: “White Death” Heroin’s Odyssey in Greece During the 20th Century - p. page_75 9. 7: Drug Prohibition in Vietnam - p. page_87 10. 8: “Ganja in the Mountains, Sabu in the Sea”: The Rural Drug Landscape in Aceh, Indonesia - p. page_109 11. 9: A “Pacific” Drug? Vanuatu’s Kava and the American Market - p. page_125 12. Part 2: The War on Drugs: A Humanitarian Plague - p. page_143 13. 10: Punitive Rationales in Anti-drug Legislation in the Light of International Law - p. page_147 14. 11: From Prison to the Death Penalty: Human Rights Violations in the War on Drugs - p. page_157 15. 12: Drugs as Weapons of Subversion: Forging the Internal Enemy in Brazil at the Crossroads of the Revolutionary War and the War on Drugs - p. page_165 16. 13: The Lost War: The Prohibition of Impossible Drugs, Public Policies and Social Practices in Latin America in the 21st Century - p. page_187 17. Part 3: Drugs and Morals - p. page_199 18. 14: Dealers, the Modern-day Demons - p. page_203 19. 15: Heroin Markets in Paris in the Years 1968–2000: Prohibition, at the Heart of the Dynamics of Drug Diffusion? - p. page_217 20. 16: Street Dealers in Geneva - p. page_229 21. 17: The Media Representation of Drug Deaths - p. page_245 22. Part 4: Living and Working with Drugs - p. page_256 23. 18: The Issues of Psychotropic Drug Use in the Workplace: Working Drug Users or Workers Who Use Drugs? - p. page_259 24. 19: The Notion of “Technical Activity” as a Definition of the Use of Psychoactive Substances (PASs) - p. page_275 25. 20: Towards a Regulatory Framework for Legalized Cannabis in France - p. page_285 26. 21: Medical Prescription in the Context of Drug Prohibition: The Example of Opiates - p. page_295 27. 22: Drugs, Pleasure and Collective Addictions - p. page_305 28. List of Authors - p. page_315 29. Index - p. page_317
