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Drugs, addiction, and the law : policy, politics, and public health / Peter J. Cohen.
- Title
- Drugs, addiction, and the law : policy, politics, and public health / Peter J. Cohen.
- Author
- Cohen, Peter J., 1935-
- Publication
- Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | KF3890 .C64x 2004 | Off-site | |
| Text | Use in library | KF3890 .C64x 2004 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxix, 375 p.; 26 cm.
- Subject
- Drug addicts > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
- Drug addicts > Rehabilitation > United States
- Drugs > Law and legislation > United States
- Health Policy
- Health Policy > United States > Legal Cases
- Legislation, Drug
- Legislation, Drug > United States > Legal Cases
- Narcotic laws > United States > Cases
- Narcotic laws > United States
- Public Health > legislation & jurisprudence
- Public Health > legislation & jurisprudence > United States > Legal Cases
- Public health administration > United States
- Public health laws > United States
- Substance Abuse Detection
- Substance Abuse Detection > United States > Legal Cases
- Substance-Related Disorders
- Substance-Related Disorders > United States > Legal Cases
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Legal Case
- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The contrast between "legal" and "scientific" reasoning -- Public health, the law, and society -- Acute and chronic toxicity of some abusable drugs -- The history of attitudes towards illegal drugs -- The epidemiology of drug use -- The science of drug dependence (addiction) -- The conflict between individual autonomy and responsibility to society -- Illegal drugs : the doctor's dilemma -- Compulsory drug testing -- "Crack babies" and the Constitution : testing pregnant women for illegal drugs -- Disease and behavior under the law -- Crack, powder, and justice : illegal drugs and sentencing -- Civil commitment and compelled therapy -- Disability law and drug dependence : society's ambivalence -- Pot, peyote, and politics -- Treatment of drug dependence : a legal and public health perspective
- ISBN
- 089089227X
- LCCN
- ^^2003112499
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library