How To Legalize Drugs

Author : Jefferson M. Fish
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015047105344

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How to Legalize Drugs by Jefferson M. Fish Pdf

No wonder the war on drugs is being lost: the warriors' arrows are all pointed in the wrong directions. The black-market-driven effects of prohibition, which include crime and its spiraling scourges as well as death and disease, are overall counterproductive. Ironically, the severe penalties intended to halt serious abuse intimidate the occasional user but not the real target, whose desperate search for consolation in drugs is more result than cause of the misery of marginalization. The rationale for reform, most commonly rooted in a cost/benefit comparison (public harm versus public health) or in the libertarian argument, comprises the first part of this persuasive plea for a paradigm shift and paves the way for the second, on approaches to legalizing drugs.

Author : Doug Husak,Peter de Marneffe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005-08-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139445856

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The Legalization of Drugs by Doug Husak,Peter de Marneffe Pdf

In the United States today, the use or possession of many drugs is a criminal offense. Can these criminal laws be justified? What are the best reasons to punish or not to punish drug users? These are the fundamental issues debated in this book by two prominent philosophers of law. Douglas Husak argues in favor of drug decriminalization, by clarifying the meaning of crucial terms, such as legalize, decriminalize, and drugs; and by identifying the standards by which alternative drug policies should be assessed. He critically examines the reasons typically offered in favor of our current approach and explains why decriminalization is preferable. Peter de Marneffe argues against drug legalization, demonstrating why drug prohibition, especially the prohibition of heroin, is necessary to protect young people from self-destructive drug use. If the empirical assumptions of this argument are sound, he reasons, drug prohibition is perfectly compatible with our rights to liberty.

Author : Karin Swisher
Publisher : Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1565103785

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Legalizing Drugs by Karin Swisher Pdf

Examines arguments in support of and against legalizing drugs.

Author : Rod L. Evans,Irwin M. Berent
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0812691849

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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 : W.A. Bogart
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781459734999

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Off the Street by W.A. Bogart Pdf

An unflinching analysis of one of the major issues of our time — the shift from criminalization to regulation of recreational drugs. The “war on drugs” has failed. The cost of trying to control the production, sale, and use of recreational drugs through the criminal law is too high: unjust incarceration, illicit markets, tainted substances, exploited children, and an untaxed industry. But there is an alternative. The watchwords for governments controlling the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, junk food, and gambling are “permit but discourage.” All are legal, but harmful consumption is decreased by targeted regulatory strategies. That same approach should be adopted for drugs. Legalization and regulation can attack the underground economy, drive down excessive use, provide revenue for prevention, treatment, and counselling, and better protect children. Off the Street: Legalizing Drugs calls for a thoughtful, national discussion of the legalization and regulation of recreational drugs — the “least bad” way forward.

Author : James A. Inciardi
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1999-08-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452264820

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The Drug Legalization Debate by James A. Inciardi Pdf

Retaining the focus and the spirit of the acclaimed First Edition, The Drug Legalization Debate, Second Edition, addresses the major issues involved in the continuing drug legalization debate - including deterrence, treatment, education, and prevention. It also examines drug use trends at the end of the millennium, the use of cannabis as a wonder drug and a look at whether legalizing drugs would really reduce violent crime.

Author : James A. Inciardi
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1990-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0803936788

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The Drug Legalization Debate by James A. Inciardi Pdf

If marijuana were legalized the drug problem would be eased. This is an assertion which this volume discusses in full. It describes the history of drug use and abuse and the US government's approach to drug control including deterrence, treatment, education and prevention. Articles confront topics such as the risk of a "war on drugs", an enlightened legalization policy, and ethical and legal dilemmas.

Author : Philip Bean
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781847423764

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Legalising drugs by Philip Bean Pdf

Government policy has steadfastly been against drug legalisation, but increasingly critics have argued that this is unsustainable. This book is a timely examination of the issues this raises. Numerous suggestions have been offered. Some seek complete legalisation, others a more modified form, yet still others want an increasing commitment to harm reduction policies. Philip Bean examines the implications of these proposals for individuals, especially juveniles, and for society, when set against crime reduction claims. He concludes with the necessary questions a rational drug policy must answer. The book will be essential reading for students and academics in criminology, sociology and social policy, as well as policy makers, practitioners and the general public.

Author : Ted Gottfried
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761313141

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Should Drugs Be Legalized? by Ted Gottfried Pdf

Provides a history of drug use and abuse, presents cases for legalization, decriminalization, and other drug policy reforms, as well as the case for strengthening existing drug policy, and examines policies in other countries.

Author : Jeffrey A. Schaler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Drug control
ISBN : STANFORD:36105060362394

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Drugs by Jeffrey A. Schaler Pdf

Author : Peggy J. Parks
Publisher : Referencepoint Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Drug control
ISBN : PSU:000063767247

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Drug Legalization by Peggy J. Parks Pdf

Looks at marijuana, but also includes information regarding the legalization of a variety of other controlled substances. A beginning overview provides readers with relevant background and context.

Author : W.A. Bogart
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781459734982

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Off the Street by W.A. Bogart Pdf

Across the world, the impacts on society of drug criminalization have been the same: the costs of controlling substance abuse through criminal law is just too high. Whatever the issues raised by legalization, whatever the questions surrounding regulation, it’s time for a new way forward.

Author : Steve Rolles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Drug control
ISBN : 1771133201

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Legalizing Drugs by Steve Rolles Pdf

The question is no longer if we should end the war on drugs but how we do it. This No-Nonsense Guide counts the human and financial cost of fifty years of drug war - and proceeds to outline a better way, looking at where drug law reform is already working, how to overcome the obstacles to reform, and what a post-drug war world might look like.

Author : Barry R. McCaffrey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Drug abuse
ISBN : UIUC:30112047012296

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The Destructive Impact of Drugs on the United States by Barry R. McCaffrey Pdf

Author : Mattha Busby
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780500295687

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Should All Drugs Be Legalized? by Mattha Busby Pdf

The Big Idea series looks at the use of drugs in human society in this timely reexamination of the debate over the legalization of drugs. Combining a unique visual approach with carefully constructed narrative text, this entry in the Big Idea series provides a survey of the history of drug use, a review of the impact of the War on Drugs, an appraisal of the effects of legal versus illegal drugs, and an evaluation of the impact of the decriminalization of drugs. According to archaeological and historical records, ethanol in the form of beer in Sumer and wine in Egypt were first used recreationally at least thirteen thousand years ago, while psychotropic drugs have been used for thousands of years, mainly for religious purposes. This book sets out the history of the use of drugs since the Neolithic age, and explores the evolution of recreational drug use from the mid-eighteenth century on. It considers the danger and social impact of heavy use of legal alcohol or nicotine in contrast to the hazards to health and society associated with illegal drugs. It evaluates the effects of the fifty-year global War on Drugs on the criminal production and trafficking of drugs on the black market and on the abuse, health, and imprisonment of end users. Finally, it argues for the decriminalization of all drugs and the state regulation of the drug market, with suitable controls and regulation for each drug type.