Drink Spiking And Predatory Drugging: A Modern History
by Pamela Donovan /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book analyses common perceptions about drink-spiking, a
pervasive fear for many and sometimes a troubling
reality. Ideas about spiked drinks have shaped the way we
think about drugs, alcohol, criminal law, risk, nightspots, and
socializing for over one hundred and fifty years, since the rise
of modern anaesthesia and synthetic
'pharma-ubiquity'. The book offers a wide-ranging look at
the constantly shifting cultural and gender politics of
'psycho-chemical treachery'.
This book analyses common perceptions about drink-spiking, a
pervasive fear for many and sometimes a troubling
reality. Ideas about spiked drinks have shaped the way we
think about drugs, alcohol, criminal law, risk, nightspots, and
socializing for over one hundred and fifty years, since the rise
of modern anaesthesia and synthetic
'pharma-ubiquity'. The book offers a wide-ranging look at
the constantly shifting cultural and gender politics of
'psycho-chemical treachery'.
It provides rich case histories, assesses evolving scientific
knowledge, and analyses the influence of social forces as
disparate as Temperance and the acid enthusiasts of the 1960s.
Drawing on interdisciplinary research, the book will be of
great interest to upper-level students and scholars
of criminal law, forensic science, public health, and social
movements.
It provides rich case histories, assesses evolving scientific
knowledge, and analyses the influence of social forces as
disparate as Temperance and the acid enthusiasts of the 1960s.
Drawing on interdisciplinary research, the book will be of
great interest to upper-level students and scholars
of criminal law, forensic science, public health, and social
movements.