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Bennett, Cary. 2008. The emergence of Australia's national campaign against drug abuse: a case-study in the politics of drug control. Journal of Australian Studies 32 (3) : 309–321.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

crime | drug culture | expression1 | health | political discussion

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper argues that the Australian establishment of the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse (NCADA) in 1984-85 was more an expression of political concerns -viz. perceptions of crime and government corruption resulting in social and political anxiety- than of health (viz. Drug (ab)use) concerns.