Drug policy and the public good
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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
Publication Dates: | 2010. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xii, 338 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780199557127 (alk. paper) 0199557128 (alk. paper) |
Index Number: | R954 |
CLC: |
R954 R969.3 |
Call Number: | R969.3/D794-4 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271}-324) and index. Framing the issues -- Matters of substance -- The international dimensions of drug use -- Harms associated with illicit drug use -- Illegal markets : the economics of drug distribution and social harm -- The legal market : prescription and diversion of psychopharmaceuticals -- Strategies and interventions to reduce drug use and related harm : section overview -- Preventing illicit drug use by young people -- Health and social services for drug users -- Supply control -- Criminalization and decriminalization of drug use or possession -- Prescription regimes and other measures to control misuse of psychopharmaceuticals -- Drug policy and control at the international level -- The variety of national drug policies -- Health and social services for drug users : systems issues -- Summary and conclusions. |