| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 255 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The search for a new drug policy framework : from the Barbados plan of action to the Ganja Commission / Axel Klein -- Criminalizing cultural practice : the case of ganja in Jamaica / Barry Chevannes -- Drug courts in Jamaica : means to an end or end in itself? / Anthony Harriott and Marlyn Jones -- Drugs and the prison system : impact of legislative changes on the prison crises in the commonwealth Caribbean region / Wendy Singh -- Rethinking privatisation, the state and illegal drugs in the commonwealth Caribbean / Philip Nanton -- Drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation in Jamaica and the Caribbean / Howard Gough -- What's the hook? Diary of a drop-in centre or rehabilitation before abstinence / Marcus Day -- Cayman drug council : practising harm reduction in a zero-tolerance society / Catherine Chestnut -- Ethical dilemmas in drug research : pitfalls of gathering sensitive information in the Caribbean context / Jennifer Hillebrand -- Illicit drug markets in the Caribbean : analysis of information on drug flows through the region / Michael Platzer with Flavio Mirella and Carlos Resa Nestares -- The Ganja industry and alternative development in St Vincent and the Grenadines / Axel Klein. |
| Summary |
In recent years Caribbean countries have responded to US pressure by adopting a coordinated policy of criminalizing ganja & crack cocaine usage. This volume assesses the impact of the policy on a population for whom drug usage has been socially acceptable & provides a warning for policy makers elsewhere. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Drug abuse -- Caribbean Area.
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Drug abuse. |
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Caribbean Area. |
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Drug abuse -- Caribbean Area -- Prevention.
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Drug control -- Caribbean Area.
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Drug control. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Klein, Axel, 1961- editor.
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Day, Marcus, editor.
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Harriot, Anthony, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Caribbean drugs. London ; New York : Zed Books in association with Drugscope ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the U.S. by Palgrave ; Kingston : Ian Randle, 2004 1842774980 9781842774984 (DLC) 2003070311 (OCoLC)53975544 |
| ISBN |
9781848130579 (electronic book) |
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1848130570 (electronic book) |
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1281258768 |
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9781281258762 |
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1842774980 (cased) |
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9781842774984 (cased) |
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1842774999 (limp) |
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9781842774991 (limp) |
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9766371946 (I. Randle) |
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9789766371944 (I. Randle) |
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