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Title Drugs and society : U.S. public policy / edited by Jefferson M. Fish.

Publication Info. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2006]
©2006

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Description xvi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Rethinking U.S. drug policy / Jefferson M. Fish ; Appendix 1A : the United States and the Netherlands / Douglas A. McVay -- Protestant missionaries : creators of the international war on drugs / Jerry Mandel -- Alcohol prohibition and drug prohibition : lessons from alcohol policy for drug policy / Harry G. Levine and Craig Reinarman -- Five drug policy fallacies / Jefferson M. Fish -- Competing rationales for drug policy reform / Douglas Husak -- Legalization : an introduction / Richard M. Evans and Stanley Neustadter -- Acute toxicity of drugs versus regulatory status / Robert S. Gable -- Proposals for de-escalating the war on drugs / Jefferson M. Fish -- Economics of illegal drug markets : what happens if we downsize the drug war? / Mary M. Cleveland ; Appendix 9A : use, "abuse," adverse health effects, and addiction / Mary M. Cleveland -- Issues in legalization / Steven B. Duke and Albert C. Gross.
Subject Drug abuse -- Government policy -- United States.
Drug abuse -- Government policy.
United States.
Drug control -- United States.
Drug control.
Drug abuse and crime -- United States.
Drug abuse and crime.
Substance abuse -- United States -- Prevention.
Substance abuse.
Drug legalization -- United States.
Drug legalization.
Added Author Fish, Jefferson M.
ISBN 9780742542457 paperback alkaline paper
0742542440 cloth alkaline paper
9780742542440 cloth alkaline paper
0742542459 paperback alkaline paper