Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed [[electronic resource] ] : A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs

• Autore: Gray James
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia PA, : Temple University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.29/16/0973; 362.29160973; 362.2960973
• Soggetto topico: Drug abuse -- Government policy -- United States; Drug control -- United States; Drug control; Social Welfare & Social Work; Substance Abuse; Social Sciences
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; PART I: Introduction; PART II: Our Drug Laws Have Failed; 1 Past and Present; 2 Increased Harm to Communities; 3 Erosion of Protections of the Bill of Rights; 4 Increased Harm to Drug Users; 5 Increased Harm for the Future; PART III: Options; 6 Increased Zero Tolerance; 7 Education; 8 Drug Treatment; 9 De-profitization of Drugs; 10 Federalism, Not Federalization; PART IV: What We Can Do About It; Appendix A: Resolution; Appendix B: Government Commission Reports and Other Public Inquiries; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Our drug prohibition policy is hopeless, just as Prohibition, our alcohol prohibition policy, was before it. Today there are more drugs in our communities and at lower prices and higher strengths than ever before.We have built large numbers of prisons, but they are overflowing with non-violent drug offenders. The huge profits made from drug sales are corrupting people and institutions here and abroad. And far from being protected by our drug prohibition policy, our children are being recruited by it to a lifestyle of drug use and drug selling.Judge Gray's book drives a sta
• Titolo autorizzato: Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910530155903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II