Drug war heresies : learning from other vices, times, and places /
(Publisher-supplied data) This book provides the first multidisciplinary and nonpartisan analysis of how the United States should decide on the legal status of cocaine, heroin and marijuana. It draws on data about the experiences of Western European nations with less punitive drug policies as well a...
| Основен автор: | MacCoun, Robert J. |
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| Други автори: | Reuter, Peter, 1944- |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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| Серия: |
RAND studies in policy analysis.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=77848 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Drug war heresies. |
| Резюме: |
(Publisher-supplied data) This book provides the first multidisciplinary and nonpartisan analysis of how the United States should decide on the legal status of cocaine, heroin and marijuana. It draws on data about the experiences of Western European nations with less punitive drug policies as well as new analyses of America's experience with legal cocaine and heroin a century ago, and of America's efforts to regulate gambling, prostitution, alcohol and cigarettes. It offers projections on the likely consequences of a number of different legalization regimes and shows that the choice about how to regulate drugs involves complicated tradeoffs among goals and conflict among social groups. The book presents a sophisticated discussion of how society should deal with the uncertainty about the consequences of legal change. Finally, it explains, in terms of individual attitudes toward risk, why it is so difficult to accomplish substantial reform of drug policy in America. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xvi, 479 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 410-455) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0511017928 9780511017926 051103847X 9780511038471 0511116535 9780511116537 9780511754272 0511754272 9780511053719 0511053711 1280153156 9781280153150 |