Research Catalog

Title

The drug legalization debate / James A. Inciardi, editor.

Publication

Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c1999.

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Additional Authors

Inciardi, James A.

Description

186 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

This book offers several alternatives and addresses the major issues involved in the continuing drug legalization debate. It delves into the history of drug use and abuse in America and the federal government's approach to drug control - including deterrence, treatment, education, and prevention. Chapters confront topics such as the decriminalization of marijuana, the risk of the warl on drugs, an enlightened legalization policy, and discussion of the ethical and legal dilemmas at stake.

Subject

Drug legalization > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

American drug policy : the continuing debate / James A. Inciardi -- Alternative perspectives on the drug policy debate / Duane C. McBride, Yvonne M. Terry, and James A. Inciardi -- Legalizing drugs : would it really reduce violent crime? / James A. Inciardi -- Marijuana legalization debate : is there a middle ground? / Michael L. Dennis and William White -- Cannabis, the wonder drug / Lester Grinspoon -- Thinking about the drug policy debate / Erich Goode -- Why the drug war will never end / Steven Jonas -- War is still not the answer / Karst J. Besteman -- Commonsense drug policy / Ethan A. Nadelmann.

ISBN

• 0761906894 (alk. paper)
• 0761906908 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^99006352^

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Harvard Library