TY  - BOOK
AU  - 
TI  - Drug legalization
T2  - Current controversies series
SN  - 9780737772159
AV  - HV5825 .D77667 2015
U1  - 363.450973 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Farmington Hills, Mich.
PB  - Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
KW  - Drug legalization
KW  - United States
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Drug control
KW  - JUVENILE NONFICTION
KW  - Social Issues
KW  - Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Law & Crime
KW  - fast
KW  - Law enforcement
KW  - Criminal law
KW  - sears
KW  - Drugs
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Juvenile works
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Literature
N1  - 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; Grades 10-12
N2  - A collection of essays on both sides of the drug legalization debate
ER  -