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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816321303321

Autore

Battin M. Pabst

Titolo

Drugs and justice : seeking a consistent, coherent, comprehensive view / / by Margaret P. Battin [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-773027-2

0-19-020764-7

1-4356-0960-3

1-281-37477-6

9786611374778

0-19-804331-7

0-19-804332-5

1-4356-1761-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online.

Disciplina

364.1/770973

362.29

Soggetti

Drug control - United States

Drug abuse - Government policy - United States

Drugs - Law and legislation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

This text tackles one of the central issues in drug policy: the lack of a coherent conceptual structure for thinking about drugs. Battin and her contributors lay a foundation for a wiser drug policy by promoting consistency and coherency in the discussion of drug issues and by encouraging a dialogue across disciplines.