Trainspotting: Dangerous Drugs in Scotland and Britain, c. 1664 to c. 1980

This monograph examines the British history of substances that came to be classified as 'Dangerous Drugs' through archives mainly to be found in Scotland. It argues that the country's separate legal, educational and religious systems, together with distinctive medical, scientific and popular cultures, drove a more complex and diverse sets of ideas and practices than previously acknowledged in the UK's encounters with opiates, cannabis and cocaine.