LEADER 04016nam 22007452 450 001 9910777328803321 005 20151005020623.0 010 $a1-107-11348-2 010 $a1-280-15315-6 010 $a0-511-11653-5 010 $a0-511-01792-8 010 $a0-511-15485-2 010 $a0-511-32345-X 010 $a0-511-75427-2 010 $a0-511-05371-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000002281 035 $a(EBL)201555 035 $a(OCoLC)475915360 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000141601 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11163233 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141601 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10090704 035 $a(PQKB)11070936 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511754272 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL201555 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10001913 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL15315 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC201555 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000002281 100 $a20141103d2001|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDrug war heresies $elearning from other vices, times, and places /$fRobert J. MacCoun, Peter Reuter$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2001. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 479 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aRAND studies in policy analysis 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-79997-X 311 $a0-521-57263-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 410-455) and index. 327 $g1.$tPreface and overview --$g2.$tDrug prohibition : American style --$g3.$tThe debate --$g4.$tPhilosophical underpinnings --$g5.$tHow does prohibition affect drug use --$g6.$tHow does prohibition affect drug harms --$g7.$tOther vices : prostitution and gambling --$g8.$tOther substances : alcohol and cigarettes --$g9.$tU.S. experience with legal cocaine and heroin --$g10.$tLearning from European experiences --$g11.$tCannabis policies in The Netherlands --$g12.$tHarm reduction in Europe --$g13.$tSummary of the evidence and a framework for assessment --$g14.$tProjecting the consequences of alternative regimes --$g15.$tObstacles to moving beyond the drug war. 330 $aThis book provides the first multidisciplinary and nonpartisan analysis of how the United States should decide on the legal status of cocaine, heroin and marijuana. It draws on data about the experiences of Western European nations with less punitive drug policies as well as new analyses of America's experience with legal cocaine and heroin a century ago, and of America's efforts to regulate gambling, prostitution, alcohol and cigarettes. It offers projections on the likely consequences of a number of different legalization regimes and shows that the choice about how to regulate drugs involves complicated tradeoffs among goals and conflict among social groups. The book presents a sophisticated discussion of how society should deal with the uncertainty about the consequences of legal change. Finally, it explains, in terms of individual attitudes toward risk, why it is so difficult to accomplish substantial reform of drug policy in America. 410 0$aRAND studies in policy analysis. 606 $aDrug legalization$zUnited States 606 $aDrug control$zUnited States 606 $aDrug control$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aDrug abuse$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aDrug abuse$xGovernment policy$vCross-cultural studies 615 0$aDrug legalization 615 0$aDrug control 615 0$aDrug control 615 0$aDrug abuse$xGovernment policy 615 0$aDrug abuse$xGovernment policy 676 $a364.1/77/0973 700 $aMacCoun$b Robert J.$0953327 702 $aReuter$b Peter$f1944- 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777328803321 996 $aDrug war heresies$93742739 997 $aUNINA