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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778196403321

Autore

Brownsberger William N.

Titolo

Drug addiction and drug policy [[electronic resource] ] : the struggle to control dependence / / edited by Philip B. Heymann, William N. Brownsberger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-674-03862-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative

Altri autori (Persone)

HeymannPhilip B

BrownsbergerWilliam N

Disciplina

362.29/0973

Soggetti

Substance abuse - United States

Substance abuse - United States - Prevention

Drug abuse - United States - Prevention

Drug abuse - Government policy - United States

Drug control - United States

Drugs of abuse - Law and legislation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Drug Policy with a New Focus; 1. Toward a Balanced Drug-Prevention Strategy: A Conceptual Map; 2. Drug Users and Drug Dealers; 3. Is Addiction a Chronic, Relapsing Disease?; 4. Is Drug Addiction a Brain Disease?; 5. If Addiction Is Involuntary, How Can Punishment Help?; 6. Controlling Drug Use and Crime with Testing, Sanctions, and Treatment; 7. Limits on the Role of Testing and Sanctions; 8. How Should Low-Level Drug Dealers Be Punished?; 9. Reflections on Drug Policy and Social Policy; Postscript; Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the culmination of five years of debate among distinguished scholars in law, public policy, medicine, and biopsychology, about the most difficult questions in drug policy and the study of addictions. Do drug addicts have an illness, or is the addiction under their control? Should they be treated as patients or as criminals? Challenging the conventional wisdom, the authors show that these standard dichotomies are false.