| Description |
xxiv, 675 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
I. Understanding the problem. Methodological considerations and drug prohibition / Jefferson M. Fish -- Two rationales for drug policy : how they shape the content of reform / Douglas N. Husak -- Rhetorical dimensions of decriminalization / Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg -- Discontinuous change and the war on drugs / Jefferson M. Fish -- The impact of drug paraphernalia laws on HIV risk among persons who inject illegal drugs : implications for public policy / Michael C. Clatts ... [et al.] -- The impact of the war on drugs on Puerto Ricans : a lost generation / Luis Barrios and Richard Curtis -- Drug policy in the Netherlands : waiting for a change / Bart Majoor -- A call for an anti-war movement / Kevin Alexander Gray -- The opening shots of the war on drugs / Jerry Mandel -- The transition from prohibition to regulation : lessons from alcohol policy for drug policy / Harry G. Levine and Craig Reinarman -- Ending the international drug war / Ted Galen Carpenter -- On the reconstruction of drug education in United States / Rodney Skager and Joel H. Brown. |
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II. Approaches to legalization. Drug prohibition muddles along : how a failure of persuasion has left us with a failed policy / James Ostrowski -- What is "legalization"? What are "drugs"? / Richard M. Evans -- Legalization legislation : confronting the details of policy choices / Stanley Neustadter -- Not all drugs are created equal / Robert S. Gable -- Marihuana : an old medicine for a new millennium / Lester Grinspoon -- Moral and constitutional considerations in support of the decriminalization of drugs / Robert W. Sweet and Edward A. Harris -- Principles and proposals for managing the drug problem / Eric E. Sterling -- First steps toward legalization / Jefferson M. Fish -- Downsizing the drug war and considering "legalization" : an economic perspective / Mary M. Cleveland -- Thinking seriously about alternatives to drug prohibition / Ethan A. Nadelmann -- Forms of legalization / Steven B. Duke and Albert C. Gross -- Perfect drug legalization / Mark Thornton. |
| Subject |
Drug legalization -- United States.
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Drug legalization. |
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United States. |
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Drug abuse -- United States.
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Drug abuse. |
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Drug control -- United States.
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Drug control. |
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Narcotic laws -- United States.
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Narcotic laws. |
| Added Author |
Fish, Jefferson M.
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| ISBN |
0765701510 alkaline paper |
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