Preface and acknowledgements
British society and illicit drug use : historical perspectives
Measuring the 'problem' : drug use in contemporary Britain
The British state's legal and medical responses to illicit drug use
Illicit drug use : class, gender and ethnicity
Illicit drugs : growth and production
The geo-politics of illicit drug production and distribution
Illicit drugs : markets and market focus
Illicit drugs : paying for the goods and assessing the costs
Policing the problem : current trends in UK drug policy
Comparing British drug policy.