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UNINA9910452006503321 |
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Titolo |
Drugs and justice [[electronic resource] ] : seeking a consistent, coherent, comprehensive view / / Margaret P. Battin ... [et al.] ; with additional contributions from David G. Dick ... [et al.] |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-4356-0960-3 |
1-281-37477-6 |
9786611374778 |
0-19-804331-7 |
0-19-804332-5 |
1-4356-1761-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (308 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Drug control - United States |
Drug abuse - Government policy - United States |
Drugs - Law and legislation - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Drugs "across the board" -- How did it come to be this way? -- Drug regulatory agencies and the underlying rationales for drug policy -- Core conceptual problems : addiction -- Core conceptual problems : harm (and benefit) -- Dilemmas of drug management and control -- Toward justice in drug theory, policy, and practice. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This compact and innovative book tackles one of the central issues in drug policy: the lack of a coherent conceptual structure for thinking about drugs. Drugs generally fall into one of seven categories: prescription, over the counter, alternative medicine, common-use drugs like alcohol, tobacco and caffeine; religious-use, sports enhancement; and of course illegal street drugs like cocaine and marijuana. Our thinking and policies varies wildly from one to the other, with inconsistencies that derive more from cultural and social |
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