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Title:

How to legalize drugs / edited by Jefferson M. Fish.

Publisher:

Jason Aronson,

Copyright Date:

c1998

Description:

xxiv, 675 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Drug legalization--United States.
Drug abuse--United States.
Narcotics, Control of--United States.
Narcotic laws--United States.

Other Authors:

Fish, Jefferson M.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

I. Understanding the problem. Methodological considerations and drug prohibition / Jefferson M. Fish -- Two rationales for drug policy : how they shape the content of reform / Douglas N. Husak -- Rhetorical dimensions of decriminalization / Richard E. Vatz and Lee S. Weinberg -- Discontinuous change and the war on drugs / Jefferson M. Fish -- The impact of drug paraphernalia laws on HIV risk among persons who inject illegal drugs : implications for public policy / Michael C. Clatts ... [et al.] -- The impact of the war on drugs on Puerto Ricans : a lost generation / Luis Barrios and Richard Curtis -- Drug policy in the Netherlands : waiting for a change / Bart Majoor -- A call for an anti-war movement / Kevin Alexander Gray -- The opening shots of the war on drugs / Jerry Mandel -- The transition from prohibition to regulation : lessons from alcohol policy for drug policy / Harry G. Levine and Craig Reinarman -- Ending the international drug war / Ted Galen Carpenter -- On the reconstruction of drug education in the United States / Rodney Skager and Joel H. Brown.
II. Approaches to legalization. Drug prohibition muddles along : how a failure of persuasion has left us with a failed policy / James Ostrowski -- What is "legalization"? What are "drugs"? / Richard M. Evans -- Legalization legislation : confronting the details of policy choices / Stanley Neustadter -- Not all drugs are created equal / Robert S. Gable -- Marihuana : an old medicine for a new millennium / Lester Grinspoon -- Moral and constitutional considerations in support of the decriminalization of drugs / Robert W. Sweet and Edward A. Harris -- Principles and proposals for managing the drug problem / Eric E. Sterling -- First steps toward legalization / Jefferson M. Fish -- Downsizing the drug war and considering "legalization" : an economic perspective / Mary M. Cleveland -- Thinking seriously about alternatives to drug prohibition / Ethan A. Nadelmann -- Forms of legalization / Steven B. Duke and Albert C. Gross -- Perfect drug legalization / Mark Thornton.

ISBN:

9780765701510 (alk. paper)
0765701510 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)37695447

LCCN:

97040745

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)