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1 online resource (viii, 273 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative Ser.
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Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative Ser.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Drug policy with a new focus / Philip B. Heymann -- Toward a balanced drug-prevention strategy: a conceptual map / Mark H. Moore -- Drug users and drug dealers / William N. Brownsberger -- Is addiction a chronic, relapsing disease? / Gene M. Heyman -- Is drug addiction a brain disease? / Sally L. Satel -- If addiction is involuntary, how can punishment help? / George E. Vaillant -- Controlling drug use and crime with testing, sanctions, and treatment / Mark A.R. Kleiman -- Limits on the role of testing and sanctions / William N. Brownsberger -- How should low-level drug dealers be punished? / Jonathan P. Caulkins and Philip B. Heymann -- Reflections on drug policy and social policy / David Boyum and Peter Reuter. |
| Summary |
This book is the culmination of five years of impassioned conversations among distinguished scholars in law, public policy, medicine, and biopsychology, about the most difficult questions in drug policy and the study of addictions. As these intensely argued chapters show, the obvious answers are always alluring but frequently wrong. Do drug addicts have an illness, or is their addiction under their control? Should they be treated as patients, or as criminals? Challenging the conventional wisdom in both the psychiatric community and the enforcement community, the authors show the falsity of these standard dichotomies. They argue that the real question is how coercion and support can be used together to steer addicts toward productive life. Written in clear and forceful language, without ideological blinkers and with close attention to empirical data, this book has something to teach both novice and expert in the fields of drug addiction and drug policy. The authors' resistance to sloganeering from right or left will raise the quality of public discussion of a complex issue, and contribute to the management of one of the most painful and enduring problems of American society. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Substance abuse -- United States.
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Substance abuse. |
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United States. |
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Substance abuse -- United States -- Prevention.
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Drug abuse -- United States -- Prevention.
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Drug abuse. |
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Drug abuse -- Government policy -- United States.
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Drug abuse -- Government policy. |
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Drug control -- United States.
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Drug control. |
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Drugs of abuse -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Drugs of abuse -- Law and legislation. |
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Substance-Related Disorders -- prevention & control. |
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Drug and Narcotic Control -- legislation & jurisprudence. |
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Public Policy. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Heymann, Philip B.
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Brownsberger, William N.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Drug addiction and drug policy. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001 0674003276 9780674003279 (DLC) 00054486 (OCoLC)45636837 |
| ISBN |
9780674038622 (electronic book) |
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0674038622 (electronic book) |
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9780674003279 |
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0674003276 (alkaline paper) |
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