Author: United States. Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse
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Category : Drug abuse
Languages : en
Pages : 990

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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781568064178
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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Author: United States. Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse
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Category : Drug abuse
Languages : en
Pages : 806

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Author: Jonathon Erlen
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780789018922
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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A comprehensive look at the beginnings of the current drug problems in the United States Federal Drug Control: The Evolution of Policy and Practice presents an overview of the key issues and key individuals responsible for the creation of the federal government’s efforts to control illegal drugs in the United States, from 1875-2001. The book focuses special attention on federal legislation that constructed the federal drug regulatory machinery and the Supreme Court cases that interpreted these laws and their implementation. An esteemed panel of scholars, including co-editor Joseph Spillane, author of Cocaine: From Medical Marvel to Modern Menace, and William B. McAllister, author of Drug Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century: An International History, traces the internal tensions between factions favoring medicalization and criminalization throughout the 20th century, examining the difficult choices that continue to be made in this ongoing debate. The central question in the government’s response to the crisis of illicit drugs in the United States has remained the same for more than 125 years: Should the government rely on educational and treatment programs or turn to the criminal justice system for answers? Federal Drug Control examines the historic turning points of the debate, including the 19th Century origins of the controversy, legislation and subsequent Supreme Court decisions in the 20th Century, international attempts at drug control agreements, and the emergence of new illicit drugs. The book also looks at the influential figures of the debate, including Levi Nutt, Lawrence Kolb, Richard Pearson Hobson, A.G. DuMez, and Harry J. Anslinger who ran the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) for more than 30 years. Federal Drug Control examines: the history of cocaine use in the 20th Century the history of marijuana use in the 20th Century the advent of psychotropic drugs in the 1960s the origins of the Harrison Narcotic Act the federal government’s efforts to limit the pharmacy profession’s control over prescription drugs and much more! Federal Drug Control: The Evolution of Policy and Practice is an essential resource for criminologists, historians, social historians, sociologists, anthropologists, public policymakers, academics, and anyone interested in the broad issues involved in how the federal government deals with the problem of illicit drugs in the United States.

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Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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"A national report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics."--T.p.

Author: Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 432

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The final report of the Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs, assessing the knowledge available and needed to inform US national drug control policy. The executive summary of the earlier Phase I Report is appended. The committee members--economists, social scientists, and legal scholars--soon realized that the nation possesses little information about the effectiveness of current drug policy, and so are unable to offer even a suggestive basis for choosing among prevention, treatment, and enforcement. c. Book News Inc.

Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309055334
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 330

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Drug abuse persists as one of the most costly and contentious problems on the nation's agenda. Pathways of Addiction meets the need for a clear and thoughtful national research agenda that will yield the greatest benefit from today's limited resources. The committee makes its recommendations within the public health framework and incorporates diverse fields of inquiry and a range of policy positions. It examines both the demand and supply aspects of drug abuse. Pathways of Addiction offers a fact-filled, highly readable examination of drug abuse issues in the United States, describing findings and outlining research needs in the areas of behavioral and neurobiological foundations of drug abuse. The book covers the epidemiology and etiology of drug abuse and discusses several of its most troubling health and social consequences, including HIV, violence, and harm to children. Pathways of Addiction looks at the efficacy of different prevention interventions and the many advances that have been made in treatment research in the past 20 years. The book also examines drug treatment in the criminal justice setting and the effectiveness of drug treatment under managed care. The committee advocates systematic study of the laws by which the nation attempts to control drug use and identifies the research questions most germane to public policy. Pathways of Addiction provides a strategic outline for wise investment of the nation's research resources in drug abuse. This comprehensive and accessible volume will have widespread relevanceâ€"to policymakers, researchers, research administrators, foundation decisionmakers, healthcare professionals, faculty and students, and concerned individuals.

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
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Category : Alcoholism
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Author: United States. Office of National Drug Control Policy
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Category : Drug abuse
Languages : en
Pages : 524

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