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Author:

Goldstein, Margaret J.

Title:

Legalizing drugs crime stopper or social risk? Margaret J. Goldstein.

Publisher:

Twenty-First Century Books

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

160 p. ill. (some col.) 24 cm.

Subject:

Drug legalization--United States--Juvenile literature.
Drug abuse--Social aspects--United States--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-149) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: crime and punishment -- A history of drug use and abuse -- The war on drugs -- A lost cause? -- A war worth fighting -- The potential of legalized drugs -- The risks of legalized drugs -- Is marijuana different? -- Voice of the people.

Summary:

Discusses the history of legal and illegal drug use, describes practices in the United States, and offers arguments about the advantages and disadvantages of legalizing drugs and controling abuse by regulation, especially for marijuana.

Series:

USA Today debate: voices and perspectives.

ISBN:

0761351167 (lib. bdg.) :
9780761351160

LCCN:

2009024360

Locations:

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

PGAX715 -- Northwest Iowa Community College Library - Sheldon (Sheldon)

VSSX062 -- Vinton-Shellsburg CSD (Vinton)