Drug War Heresies Learning from Other Vices, Times, and Places

Name: Drug War Heresies Learning from Other Vices, Times, and Places
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ISBN: 9780521799973

ISBN-10: 052179997X

ISBN-13: 9780521799973

Edition: 2001

Authors: Robert J. MacCoun, Peter Reuter, Charles Wolf

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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…

Book details

List price: $50.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/27/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.98" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English




Preface and overview



Drug prohibition: American style



The debate



Philosophical underpinnings



How does prohibition affect drug use?



How does prohibition affect drug harms?



Other vices: prostitution and gambling



Other substances: alcohol and cigarettes



US experience with legal cocaine and heroin



Learning from European experiences



Cannabis policies in the Netherlands



Harm reduction in Europe



Summary of the evidence and a framework for assessment



Projecting the consequences of alternative regimes



Obstacles to moving beyond the drug war