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.]

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.1/770973
• Soggetto topico: Drug control - United States; Drug abuse - Government policy - United States; Drugs - Law and legislation - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BattinM. Pabst
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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 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 values than from medical or scientific facts. Penalties exist for
• Titolo autorizzato: Drugs and justice
• ISBN: 1-4356-0960-3; 1-281-37477-6; 9786611374778; 0-19-804331-7; 0-19-804332-5; 1-4356-1761-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452006503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II