Legalizing drugs / Stuart A. Kallen, book editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kallen, Stuart A., 1955-

Series:

At issue (San Diego, Calif.)

At issue

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug legalization--United States.

Drug legalization.

United States.

Physical Description:

112 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, 2006.

Summary:

The At Issue series includes a wide range of opinion on a single controversial issue. Each volume includes both primary and secondary sources from a variety of perspectives -- eyewitnesses, scientific journals, government officials and many others. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations to contact offer a gateway to further research.

Contents:

Federal drug prohibition should be repealed / David Boaz, Timothy Lynch

Proponents for legalization ignore the harmful effects of drugs / James A. Inciardi

Legalizing drugs would reduce crime / Douglas N. Husak

Legalizing drugs would not reduce crime / Joe Dombroski

War on drugs is destroying lives / Jack Cole

Arguments against the war on drugs are based on dangerous myths / Dan P. Alsobrooks

War on drugs is racist / Drug Policy Alliance

Marijuana prohibition is misguided / Ethan A. Nadelmann

Legalizing marijuana would harm teens / Robert Margolis

Medical marijuana should be legalized / Marijuana Policy Project

Medical marijuana should remain illegal / David G. Evans, John E. Lamp

Legalizing ecstasy could help psychotherapists treat patients / David Adams, Ben Fulton

Efforts to prove that ecstasy can help psychotherapists treat patients are misguided / E. Patrick Curry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-108) and index.

ISBN:

0737724080

9780737724080

0737724099

9780737724097

OCLC:

58843023