Download or read book The Legalization of Drugs written by Doug Husak and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-08-29 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Drug Legalization written by Rod L. Evans and published by Open Court Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book How to Legalize Drugs written by Jefferson M. Fish and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Drug Legalization Debate written by James A. Inciardi and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 1999-08-27 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retaining the focus and spirit of the widely adopted and acclaimed first edition, The Drug Legalization Debate, Second Edition, offers several alternatives and addresses the major issues involved in the continuing drug legalization debate. This volume delves into the history of drug use and abuse in America and the federal government′s approach to drug control—including deterrence, treatment, education, and prevention. Chapters confront topics such as the decriminalization of marijuana, the risk of the war on drugs, an enlightened legalization policy, and discussion of the ethical and legal dilemmas at stake. Updates of retained chapters and new chapters deal with drug use trends of the ′90s, including the use of cannabis as a wonder drug and a look at whether legalizing drugs would really reduce violent crime. In addition, the second edition features a substantive introduction and closes with Paul Stares′ acclaimed piece titled "Drug Legalization: Time for a Real Debate." Students and professionals in substance abuse, criminology, sociology, psychology, and social work will find this book essential reading.
Download or read book Legalising the Drug Wars written by John Collins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where did the regulatory underpinnings for the global drug wars come from? This book is the first fully-focused history of the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the bedrock of the modern multilateral drug control system and the focal point of global drug regulations and prohibitions. Although far from the propagator of the drug wars, the UN enabled the creation of a uniform global legal framework to effectively legalise, or regulate, their pursuit. This book thereby answers the question of where the international legal framework for drug control came from, what state interests informed its development and how complex diplomatic negotiations resulted in the current regulatory system, binding states into an element of global policy uniformity.
Download or read book Legalizing Drugs written by Stuart A. Kallen and published by Greenhaven Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2006 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the government spends over $21 billion a year to rid the nation of drugs, pro-legalization forces argue that the war on drugs is a mistake. Legalizing Drugs explores mandatory minimum sentencing, public safety, medical marijuana, and the hazards of legalization with articles presenting opinions on both side of the issue.
Download or read book The Legalization of Drugs written by Doug Husak and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-08-29 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents two philosophical views on the legalization of drugs.
Download or read book Legalization of Drugs written by Mark D. Friedman and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2012 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the issues surrounding the controversial idea of legalizing certain types of drugs in the United States.
Download or read book Legalizing Drugs written by Karin Swisher and published by Greenhaven Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1996 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines arguments in support of and against legalizing drugs.
Download or read book Should Drugs Be Legalized written by Ted Gottfried and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Drug Legalization Debate written by James A. Inciardi and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1999-08-27 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This completely revised and updated secong edition of the Drug Legalization Debate continues to address, and offer alternatives to, the major issues.
Download or read book Legalising drugs written by Philip Bean and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2010-01-13 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Drug Legalization written by Noël Merino and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology is composed of primary sources written by many of the foremost authorities on drug legalization. Leading conservative, liberal, and centrist views are represented, introducing your readers to the broadest possible spectrum of opinions on the topic. Each chapter asks a pertinent question about the topic, and the viewpoints that follow are grouped into “yes” and “no” categories. This unique approach provides readers with a concise view of divergent opinions on each topic. Contains extensive book and periodical bibliographies and a list of organizations to contact are also included. Provide your readers with this invaluable resource, so they can understand the debate over drug legalization from all angles.
Download or read book Off the Street written by W.A. Bogart and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2016-11-12 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Legalizing Drugs written by Margaret J. Goldstein and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the history of drug laws in the United States, the modern-day War on Drugs, and the medical marijuana movement. It provides the opinions and perspectives of police officers, politicians, and the U.S. "drug czar."
Download or read book Drug Legalization written by Peggy J. Parks and published by Referencepoint Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Legalising Drugs written by Philip Bean and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regularly, there are calls to legalize illegal drugs, such as cannabis and ecstasy. Those who support legalization argue that the problem is prohibition and that legalization will solve all the problems, such as crime, ill-health, and so on. But this argument is another oversimplification. Legalization needs to be more carefully assessed before changing the existing system. Written by a well-respected criminologist, this book is a polemic piece on a very topical issue. The book examines the implications of legalization. It carefully analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of each of the current viewpoints on the legalization of drugs, including prohibition, medicinal use, etc. It is not a platform for any of the various arguments or positions for or against legalization. It does not offer support for the status quo. Neither does it support those who suggest simple solutions nor those who consider change as attractive simply because they are bemused or bewildered by the present system. It
