Each title in the "World Issues" series focuses on a contemporary issue. Aspects of each topic are selected for discussion and analysis in an attempt to raise levels of awareness and to provoke thought and opinion. This book is an examination of the nature and extent of the international, illegal drugs trade, covering the production and distribution of drugs and the measures being taken by governments to try and stop the trade. There is a chapter on addiction, describing the commonly-abused drugs and the history of their usage, and a section on the efforts of law enforcement and agencies to detect drugs and track down their dealers in an attempt to bring the trade under control and to deter new users. This series is intended to be of interest as background reading for students of GCSE and Standard Grade in Scotland. Nigel Hawkes is Diplomatic Correspondent with "The Observer".
- ISBN10 1852101431
- ISBN13 9781852101435
- Publish Date 29 February 1988
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 April 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hachette Children's Group
- Imprint Hodder Wayland
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 48
- Language English