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Ecstasy: Case Unsolved (Pandora Soapbox S.) - Softcover

Henderson, Sheila

 
9780044409175: Ecstasy: Case Unsolved (Pandora Soapbox S.)

Synopsis

A moral panic has been sweeping adult Britain since the late 1980s. House music, all-night dancing - and, of course, the accompanying 'epidemic' of Ecstasy and other 'dance drugs' - regularly have the press and the public in a state of frenzy. Ecstasy: Case Unsolved is a plea against the 'twat and twaddle' of the cases 'for' and 'against' Ecstasy we've become so used to, by a researcher and writer who has been investigating youth drug culture for a number of years.

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From the Back Cover

A moral panic has been sweeping adult Britain since late 1980s. House music, all-night dancing – and, of course, the accompanying 'epidemic' of Ecstasy and other 'dance drugs' – regularly have the press and the public in a state of frenzy. 'Ecstacy: Case Unsolved' is a plea against the 'twat and twaddle' of the cases 'for' and 'against' Ecstasy we've become so used to, by a researcher and writer who has been investigating youth drug culture for a number of years.

If you want a 'bang up the pushers' or 'legalise it' tirade then this book isn't for you. If, however, you are sick of that tired old tune and want to listen to a fresh, informed and critical voice rescuing some important truths from a debate that's going nowhere, then read on.

Sheila Henderson is Research Fellow in the Health and Social Services Institute, Department of Sociology, University of Essex.

Synopsis

This work aims to move the inter-generational and inter-lifestyle dialogue around drugs beyond the false polarity into which debate around drugs inevitably falls. It describes a significant culture, a lifestyle and the fear and loathing that surrounds it.

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