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Dealing with drugs : [electronic resource] consequences of government control / edited by Ronald Hamowy ; foreword by Alfred Freedman.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Pacific studies in public policyPublication details: Lexington, Mass. : Lexington Books, c1987.Description: xi, 385 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0669156787 (alk. paper)
  • 9780669156782 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Dealing with drugs.DDC classification:
  • 363.4/5/0973 19
LOC classification:
  • HV5825 .D38 1987
  • KF3890 .D4 1987
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
Introduction : Illicit drugs and government control / Ronald Hamowy -- Part I. The effects of prohibition -- The history of legislative control over opium, cocaine, and their derivatives / D.F. Musto -- Curing the drug-law addiction - The harmful side effects of legal prohibition / Randy E. Barnett -- The need for reform of international narcotics laws / Arnold S. Trebach -- Drugs and United States foreign policy / Jonathan Marshall -- Part II. Medical research concerning illicit substances -- Medical uses of illicit drugs / Lester Grinspoon and James B. Bakalar -- Cocaine, marijuana, and the meanings of addiction / Robert Byck -- The use and misuse of intoxicants - Factors in the development of controlled use / Norman E. Zinberg -- Part III. Policy reform : Evidence and ethics -- The market for heroin before and after legalization / Robert J. Michaels -- The morality of drug controls / Thomas Szasz.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : Illicit drugs and government control / Ronald Hamowy -- Part I. The effects of prohibition -- The history of legislative control over opium, cocaine, and their derivatives / D.F. Musto -- Curing the drug-law addiction - The harmful side effects of legal prohibition / Randy E. Barnett -- The need for reform of international narcotics laws / Arnold S. Trebach -- Drugs and United States foreign policy / Jonathan Marshall -- Part II. Medical research concerning illicit substances -- Medical uses of illicit drugs / Lester Grinspoon and James B. Bakalar -- Cocaine, marijuana, and the meanings of addiction / Robert Byck -- The use and misuse of intoxicants - Factors in the development of controlled use / Norman E. Zinberg -- Part III. Policy reform : Evidence and ethics -- The market for heroin before and after legalization / Robert J. Michaels -- The morality of drug controls / Thomas Szasz.

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