Jo Seok-yeon: The Social History of Drugs

In modern Korea, where politics has been involved, the social phenomenon of drug abuse has not been so noted. For us who now think that South Korea is a relatively good drug control country, drugs are sometimes only a matter of entertainment issues or a retaliatory flight in accordance with political needs. But even just 1970, as we see, marijuana sniffing was not illegal, our history of ‘drugs ’ was not so simple and has not been properly handled. The author notes that drugs were legal rather than medical terms in Korean society and that what he defines as drugs was not to be changed over time, so he wants to write a new modern Korean version of the word ‘ drug control. ’. The modern Korean history of drugs, from the top leap to social abuse, is a book that explores the course of drug access and control to the criminal sector as South Korean society changes. Nationalism analyzes the impact of politics, economics, society and culture in general and looks at the history of drug control at different times. From the beginning of the period when drug antidotes began to be recognized, we'll look at how the social control of the country by the rising tide and the increased freedom of the military government has changed in our society, and what power control has been regulated in what situations it has been using politically. With the fun of reading from high quality sources such as national records, state capitals and criminal policy researchers, we offer a new opportunity to illuminate the areas hidden in recent Korean history.

Korean title: 마약의 사회사

Korean author: 조석연

Korean publisher: 현실문화연구

ISBN-13: 9788965642602