TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tenaglia-Webster,Maria
TI  - Drugs
T2  - Global viewpoints
SN  - 9780737741520 (hardcover)
AV  - HV5801 .D7295 2009
U1  - 362.29 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Farmington Hills, MI
PB  - Greenhaven Press
KW  - Drugs
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Drug abuse
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-248) and index; The failure of the war on drugs : an overview; Ethan Nadelmann --; The Afghan poppy war is fueling an insurgency; Simon Jenkins --; Mexico's plight worsens despite military intervention in the war on drugs; The Drug Reform Coordination Network --; The Colombian paramilitary presence is still a threat despite drug war efforts; Vanda Felbab-Brown --; A long history of failure with prohibition : an overview; Alfred W. McCoy --; The Afghan drug war cannot be won through eradication and prohibition; Transnational Institute --; Colombia's eradication policies are in need of change; Chris Kraul --; The United Kingdom's failed policy of prohibition yields a criminal justice crisis; Transform Drug Policy Foundation --; The United States' meth crackdown is counterproductive and displaces production to Mexico; Kari Huus --; The production of drugs is causing global environmental damage; United States Drug Enforcement Administration --; American meth labs pose a hazardous threat to the environment; Ben Arnoldy --; Yemen's addiction to qat is exhausting its water supply; Jonathon Walz --; Colombia's legal crops and forests are wrongly destroyed by eradication; Bill Weinberg --; Ecuadorians are suffering DNA damage from aerial spray eradication; Stephen Leahy --; Colombia and Afghanistan are potential targets for a dangerous biologically engineered fungus; John Otis --; Legalization is the only viable option to drug prohibition; Jeffrey A. Miron --; The United Kingdom should decriminalize drugs; Kailash Chand --; The United Kingdom should not decriminalize drugs; Joseph A. Califano, Jr. --; The Netherlands demonstrates temperance through decriminalization; Andrew Stuttaford --; Canadians are unnecessarily challenged in obtaining medical marijuana; Connie Howard --; Bolivia's criminalization of coca should be overturned; Danna Harman --; Harm reduction reduces drug use and restores human dignity; Drug Policy Alliance --; Harm; reduction encourages drug use and is dehumanizing; Theodore Dalrymple --; Canada's safe-injection program is curtailing abuse and saving lives; Mark Follman --; The United States' ban on needle exchange programs is contributing to the spread of HIV/AIDS; James E. Loyce, Jr., Adrian Tyler, and Malik Russell --; Australia will not benefit from harm reduction; Don Weatherburn --; The United Kingdom's obsession with criminalization maximizes harm; Danny Kushlick --; Sweden's zero-tolerance policy is a good model for Scotland; Gillian Bowditch
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