Debating The Drug War

Author : Michael Rosino
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781315295152

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Since President Nixon coined the phrase, the "War on Drugs" has presented an important change in how people view and discuss criminal justice practices and drug laws. The term evokes images of militarization, punishment, and violence, as well as combat and the potential for victory. It is no surprise then that questions such as whether the "War on Drugs" has "failed" or "can be won" have animated mass media and public debate for the past 40 years. Through analysis of 30 years of newspaper content, Debating the Drug War examines the social and cultural contours of this heated debate and explores how proponents and critics of the controversial social issues of drug policy and incarceration frame their arguments in mass media. Additionally, it looks at the contemporary public debate on the "War on Drugs" through an analysis of readers’ comments drawn from the comments sections of online news articles. Through a discussion of the findings and their implications, the book illuminates the ways in which ideas about race, politics, society, and crime, and forms of evidence and statistics such as rates of arrest and incarceration or the financial costs of drug policies and incarceration are advanced, interpreted, and contested. Further, the book will bring to light how people form a sense of their racial selves in debates over policy issues tied to racial inequality such as the "War on Drugs" through narratives that connect racial categories to concepts such as innocence, criminality, free will, and fairness. Debating the Drug War offers readers a variety of concepts and theoretical perspectives that they can use to make sense of these vital issues in contemporary society.

Author : Steve Rolles,Transform (Organization)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Drug abuse
ISBN : 0955642809

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After the War on Drugs by Steve Rolles,Transform (Organization) Pdf

Author : Eva Bertram,Morris Blachman,Kenneth Sharpe,Peter Andreas
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1996-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520918045

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Drug War Politics by Eva Bertram,Morris Blachman,Kenneth Sharpe,Peter Andreas Pdf

Why have our drug wars failed and how might we turn things around? Ask the authors of this hardhitting exposè of U.S. efforts to fight drug trafficking and abuse. In a bold analysis of a century's worth of policy failure, Drug War Politics turns on its head many familiar bromides about drug politics. It demonstrates how, instead of learning from our failures, we duplicate and reinforce them in the same flawed policies. The authors examine the "politics of denial" that has led to this catastrophic predicament and propose a basis for a realistic and desperately needed solution. Domestic and foreign drug wars have consistently fallen short because they are based on a flawed model of force and punishment, the authors show. The failure of these misguided solutions has led to harsher get-tough policies, debilitating cycles of more force and punishment, and a drug problem that continues to escalate. On the foreign policy front, billions of dollars have been wasted, corruption has mushroomed, and human rights undermined in Latin America and across the globe. Yet cheap drugs still flow abundantly across our borders. At home, more money than ever is spent on law enforcement, and an unprecedented number of people—disproportionately minorities—are incarcerated. But drug abuse and addiction persist. The authors outline the political struggles that help create and sustain the current punitive approach. They probe the workings of Washington politics, demonstrating how presidential and congressional "out-toughing" tactics create a logic of escalation while the criticisms and alternatives of reformers are sidelined or silenced. Critical of both the punitive model and the legalization approach, Drug War Politics calls for a bold new public health approach, one that frames the drug problem as a public health—not a criminal—concern. The authors argue that only by situating drug issues in the context of our fundamental institutions—the family, neighborhoods, and schools—can we hope to provide viable treatment, prevention, and law enforcement. In its comprehensive investigation of our long, futile battle with drugs and its original argument for fundamental change, this book is essential for every concerned citizen.

Author : James A. Inciardi
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1999-08-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780761906902

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The Drug Legalization Debate by James A. Inciardi Pdf

This completely revised and updated secong edition of the Drug Legalization Debate continues to address, and offer alternatives to, the major issues.

Author : Jurg Gerber,Eric L. Jensen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815334052

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Drug War, American Style by Jurg Gerber,Eric L. Jensen Pdf

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Arnold S. Trebach,James A. Inciardi
Publisher : Univ Publ Assn
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Drug legalization
ISBN : UOM:39076001320774

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Legalize It? by Arnold S. Trebach,James A. Inciardi Pdf

Is it time to legalize drugs? The authors argue both sides.

Author : Tony Payan,Kathleen Staudt,Z. Anthony Kruszewski
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816530342

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A War that CanÕt Be Won by Tony Payan,Kathleen Staudt,Z. Anthony Kruszewski Pdf

Forty years after Richard Nixon declared a “War on Drugs,” this sobering book offers views of the “narco wars” from scholars on both sides of the US-Mexico border. With evidence newly obtained through freedom-of-information inquiries in Mexico, it proposes practical solutions to a seemingly intractable crisis.

Author : Laura E. Huggins
Publisher : Hoover Institution Press Publi
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121774405

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Drug War Deadlock by Laura E. Huggins Pdf

A diverse collection of readings from scholarly journals, government reports, think tank studies, newspapers, and books that offers a comprehensive look at the drug debate. With each section featuring opposing articles written by many of the foremost authorities in their respective fields, the book offers a concise view of the many divergent viewpoints surrounding drug policy in America.

Author : Christopher M. White
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317359203

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The War on Drugs in the Americas by Christopher M. White Pdf

The War on Drugs in the Americas brings together the history of the War on Drugs in the US and Latin America to reveal how, since 1914, when the US first criminalized the non-medical use of narcotics, the trade and violence associated with drugs has developed throughout the hemisphere. This concise and accessible book provides an overview of the geographic, historical, economic, and social dimensions of the War on Drugs throughout the past century. Notable figures, popular drugs, competing theories, and significant historical events take center stage, as the story moves between macro analysis and micro details. Aside from infamous cartel leaders like Colombia’s Pablo Escobar and Mexico’s El Chapo Guzman, the reader learns about equally important but lesser-known Latin American and US traffickers. In addition to counter-narcotics giants, readers learn about Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), DEA agents working to fight pharmaceutical companies and distributors, cutting-edge researchers and politicians that have pushed for and against the war. The War on Drugs in the Americas is essential reading for students studying Latin American History, International Studies, and Politics through its clear and objective narrative of the origins, impact, and debates behind the War on Drugs in the US and Latin America.

Author : Rod L. Evans,Irwin M. Berent
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UOM:39015028473497

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Drug Legalization by Rod L. Evans,Irwin M. Berent Pdf

Should drugs be legalized? A few years ago this question was not taken seriously by mainstream opinion, but more recently an increasing number of leading figures have spoken out for legalization, and polls show that a growing percentage of the public favors legalization. This book gives a fair and balanced presentation of both sides in the debate over drug legalization, as well as some of the intermediate positions. It contains the most important articles to have appeared from the beginning of the legalization controversy and clearly sets out all the key arguments on both sides. - Back cover.

Author : Damon Barrett
Publisher : IDEA
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Children
ISBN : 1617700185

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Children of the Drug War by Damon Barrett Pdf

Book Description: A unique collection of original essays that investigates the impacts of the war on drugs on children and young people. With contributions from around the world and utilizing a wide range of styles and approaches including ethnographic studies, personal accounts and interviews, the book asks three fundamental questions: What have been the costs to children of the war on drugs? Is the protection of children from drugs a solid justification for current policies? What kinds of public fears and preconceptions exist in relation to drugs and the drug trade?

Author : David Lenson
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Medical
ISBN : 081662710X

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On Drugs by David Lenson Pdf

It has been more than twenty years since President Nixon declared the War on Drugs. In On Drugs, David Lenson delivers a scathing indictment of this war as an effort based, like all attempts to eradicate "getting high", on an incomplete understanding of human nature. From lotus-eaters to hippies to crackheads, he contends, history has shown the state's inability to legislate the bloodstreams of its citizens. Lenson ventures beyond conventional genres to view the drug debate from the largely forgotten perspective of those who use drugs. In successfully walking the fine line between the antidrug hysteria of the 1980s and an advocacy of drug use, Lenson shatters the ban on debate regarding drugs enforced in the "Just Say No" campaign and reveals the myriad ways "straight society" demonizes the drug user. After considering several specific issues associated with drug use - including sex, violence, and money - Lenson concludes with his vision of the end of the Drug War by questioning the sense in condemning millions of Americans to lives of concealment and deceit.

Author : Neil Carrier,Gernot Klantschnig
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781848139695

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Africa and the War on Drugs by Neil Carrier,Gernot Klantschnig Pdf

Nigerian drug lords in UK prisons, khat-chewing Somali pirates hijacking Western ships, crystal meth-smoking gangs controlling South Africa's streets, and narco-traffickers corrupting the state in Guinea-Bissau: these are some of the vivid images surrounding drugs in Africa which have alarmed policymakers, academics and the general public in recent years. In this revealing and original book, the authors weave these aspects into a provocative argument about Africa's role in the global trade and control of drugs. In doing so, they show how foreign-inspired policies have failed to help African drug users but have strengthened the role of corrupt and brutal law enforcement officers, who are tasked with halting the export of heroin and cocaine to European and American consumer markets. A vital book on an overlooked front of the so-called war on drugs.

Author : Simon Quinn
Publisher : IDEA
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 1932716556

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Debating in the World Schools Style by Simon Quinn Pdf

Offers students an overview of the world schools style of debating, with expert advice for every stage of the process, including preparation, rebuttal, style, reply speeches, and points of information.

Author : James A. Inciardi
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1999-08-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 0761906908

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The Drug Legalization Debate by James A. Inciardi Pdf

This completely revised and updated secong edition of the Drug Legalization Debate continues to address, and offer alternatives to, the major issues.