Drug war deadlock : the policy battle continues / edited by Laura E. Huggins.
2005
K3641 .D784 2005 (Mapit)
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Title
Drug war deadlock : the policy battle continues / edited by Laura E. Huggins.
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Imprint
Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, [2005]
Copyright
©2005
Description
xvii, 302 pages ; 24 cm.
Series
Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 539.
Formatted Contents Note
Foreword / John Raisian
Introduction / Laura Huggins
Part 1. Background
American drug policy: the continuing debate / James A. Inciardi
Statutes and legal requirements / Howard Abadinsky
Years of America's drug war / Public Broadcasting Service
Part 2. Foundation
Philosophical underpinnings / Robert J. MacCoun and Peter Reuter
The American ambivalence: liberty vs. utopia / Thomas Szasz
Hidden paradigms of morality in debates about drugs: historical and policy shifts in British and American drug policies / John Jay Rouse and Bruce D. Johnson
Part 3. A few perspectives
Academic
There's no justice in the war on drugs / Milton Friedman
Don't surrender: the drug war worked once. It can again / William J. Bennett
Flashback
An open letter to Bill Bennett / Milton Friedman
Should drugs be legalized? / William J. Bennett
Media
Just say no: governments war on drugs fails / John Stossel
A war worth fighting / Lou Dobbs
Law enforcement
The American junkie / Joseph D. McNamara
Congressional testimony in opposition to drug legalization / Bruce D. Glasscock
Part 4. Getting specific
Legalization
Introduction
Drug legalization / Enotes
The case for legalisation: time for a puff of sanity / The Economist
Against the legalization of drugs / James Q. Wilson
Decriminalization
Introduction
Alternative perspective on the drug policy debate / Duane McBride, Yvonne Terry, and James A. Inciardi
The decriminalization alternative / Sam Staley
The great policy debate
what means this thing called decriminalization? / Ronald Bayer
Harm reduction
Introduction
Should harm reduction be our overall goal in fighting drug abuse? / Charles Levinthal
A new direction for drug education: harm reduction / David F. Duncan
Has the war on drugs reduced crime? / Robert E. Peterson
Snapshot
Reducing harm: treatment and beyond / Drug Policy Alliance
Part 5. What about marijuana
An end to marijuana prohibition / Ethan A. Nadelmann
No surrender the drug war saves lives / John P. Walters
Snapshot
Western states back medical marijuana / MSNBC
Part 6. A European outlook
The changing face of European drug policy
drug intelligence brief / Drug Enforcement Administration
Europe's more liberal drug policies are not the right model for America / Drug Enforcement Administration
Snapshot
Does Europe do it better? / Robert J. MacCoun and Peter Reuter
Conclusion
A blueprint for peace: ending the war on drugs / Ted Galen Carpenter
Compassionate crusade
Drug Abuse Resistance Education Conference speech 2001 / Asa Hutchinson.
Introduction / Laura Huggins
Part 1. Background
American drug policy: the continuing debate / James A. Inciardi
Statutes and legal requirements / Howard Abadinsky
Years of America's drug war / Public Broadcasting Service
Part 2. Foundation
Philosophical underpinnings / Robert J. MacCoun and Peter Reuter
The American ambivalence: liberty vs. utopia / Thomas Szasz
Hidden paradigms of morality in debates about drugs: historical and policy shifts in British and American drug policies / John Jay Rouse and Bruce D. Johnson
Part 3. A few perspectives
Academic
There's no justice in the war on drugs / Milton Friedman
Don't surrender: the drug war worked once. It can again / William J. Bennett
Flashback
An open letter to Bill Bennett / Milton Friedman
Should drugs be legalized? / William J. Bennett
Media
Just say no: governments war on drugs fails / John Stossel
A war worth fighting / Lou Dobbs
Law enforcement
The American junkie / Joseph D. McNamara
Congressional testimony in opposition to drug legalization / Bruce D. Glasscock
Part 4. Getting specific
Legalization
Introduction
Drug legalization / Enotes
The case for legalisation: time for a puff of sanity / The Economist
Against the legalization of drugs / James Q. Wilson
Decriminalization
Introduction
Alternative perspective on the drug policy debate / Duane McBride, Yvonne Terry, and James A. Inciardi
The decriminalization alternative / Sam Staley
The great policy debate
what means this thing called decriminalization? / Ronald Bayer
Harm reduction
Introduction
Should harm reduction be our overall goal in fighting drug abuse? / Charles Levinthal
A new direction for drug education: harm reduction / David F. Duncan
Has the war on drugs reduced crime? / Robert E. Peterson
Snapshot
Reducing harm: treatment and beyond / Drug Policy Alliance
Part 5. What about marijuana
An end to marijuana prohibition / Ethan A. Nadelmann
No surrender the drug war saves lives / John P. Walters
Snapshot
Western states back medical marijuana / MSNBC
Part 6. A European outlook
The changing face of European drug policy
drug intelligence brief / Drug Enforcement Administration
Europe's more liberal drug policies are not the right model for America / Drug Enforcement Administration
Snapshot
Does Europe do it better? / Robert J. MacCoun and Peter Reuter
Conclusion
A blueprint for peace: ending the war on drugs / Ted Galen Carpenter
Compassionate crusade
Drug Abuse Resistance Education Conference speech 2001 / Asa Hutchinson.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA K3641 .D784 2005
Call Number
K3641 .D784 2005
Language
English
ISBN
0817946527 alkaline paper
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