Drug legalization /

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Current controversiesPublisher: Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2015]Copyright date: Description: 185 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780737772159
  • 0737772158
  • 9780737772166
  • 0737772166
Uniform titles:
  • Drug legalization (Current controversies)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 363.450973 23
LOC classification:
  • HV5825 .D77667 2015
Contents:
Chapter 1. Is the prohibition of drugs failing? Overview: Is the war on drugs nearing an end? / Matt Sledge -- The war on drugs is not working / Doug Bandow -- Prohibition of marijuana unnecessarily criminalizes young minorities / Harry Levine -- The prohibition of drugs is working and should continue / John P. Walters -- Drug legalisation: An evaluation of the impacts on global society / Drug Free America Foundation, Inc. -- Chapter 2. Is drug use dangerous for society? Overview: Drug use in the United States / Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration -- Marijuana use harms health and is addictive / National Institute on Drug Abuse -- Drug use negatively impacts health, productivity, and crime / United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime -- Methamphetamine and other drugs are not as dangerous as alleged / Carl Hart, interviewed by Reason.com -- Drug prohibition is more dangerous than decriminalization / David Boaz.
Chapter 3. Should marijuana be legalized? Overview: For first time, Americans favor legalizing marijuana / Art Swift -- The war on marijuana targets individuals of color / American Civil Liberties Union -- Marijuana should be legalized and not just decriminalized / Drug Policy Alliance -- Medical marijuana should be legalized / Marijuana Policy Project -- Marijuana legalization is a bad idea for the United States / Office of National Drug Control Policy -- Medical marijuana in plant form should not be legalized / Smart Approaches to Marijuana -- Chapter 4. How should U.S. drug policy be reformed? Overview: Public opinion on drug policy / Pew Research Center -- Have we lost the war on drugs? / Gary S. Becker and Kevin M. Murphy -- Legalizing drugs / R.R. Reno -- Legal, regulated heroin could have saved Philip Seymour Hoffman / Valerie Vande Panne -- Heroin and rational choice / Jonah Goldberg -- There is no moral justification for the prohibition of drugs / Matthew Feeney -- Drug legalization will have positive and negative consequences / Jeffrey A. Miron.
Summary: A collection of essays on both sides of the drug legalization debate.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-175) and index.

Chapter 1. Is the prohibition of drugs failing? Overview: Is the war on drugs nearing an end? / Matt Sledge -- The war on drugs is not working / Doug Bandow -- Prohibition of marijuana unnecessarily criminalizes young minorities / Harry Levine -- The prohibition of drugs is working and should continue / John P. Walters -- Drug legalisation: An evaluation of the impacts on global society / Drug Free America Foundation, Inc. -- Chapter 2. Is drug use dangerous for society? Overview: Drug use in the United States / Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration -- Marijuana use harms health and is addictive / National Institute on Drug Abuse -- Drug use negatively impacts health, productivity, and crime / United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime -- Methamphetamine and other drugs are not as dangerous as alleged / Carl Hart, interviewed by Reason.com -- Drug prohibition is more dangerous than decriminalization / David Boaz.

Chapter 3. Should marijuana be legalized? Overview: For first time, Americans favor legalizing marijuana / Art Swift -- The war on marijuana targets individuals of color / American Civil Liberties Union -- Marijuana should be legalized and not just decriminalized / Drug Policy Alliance -- Medical marijuana should be legalized / Marijuana Policy Project -- Marijuana legalization is a bad idea for the United States / Office of National Drug Control Policy -- Medical marijuana in plant form should not be legalized / Smart Approaches to Marijuana -- Chapter 4. How should U.S. drug policy be reformed? Overview: Public opinion on drug policy / Pew Research Center -- Have we lost the war on drugs? / Gary S. Becker and Kevin M. Murphy -- Legalizing drugs / R.R. Reno -- Legal, regulated heroin could have saved Philip Seymour Hoffman / Valerie Vande Panne -- Heroin and rational choice / Jonah Goldberg -- There is no moral justification for the prohibition of drugs / Matthew Feeney -- Drug legalization will have positive and negative consequences / Jeffrey A. Miron.

A collection of essays on both sides of the drug legalization debate.

Grades 10-12.

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