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The Drug Effect; health, crime and society offers new perspectives on critical debates in the field of alcohol and other drug use. Drawing together work by respected scholars in Australia, the US. the UK and Canada, it explores social and cultural meanings of drug use, and analyses law enforcement and public health frame works and objectives related to drug policy and service provision.