Blowing smoke : rethinking the war on drugs without prohibition and rehab / Michael J. Reznicek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reznicek, Michael J., 1958- author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug abuse--United States--Prevention--History.

Drug abuse.

Drug addiction--Alternative treatment.

Drug addiction.

Drug control--United States--History.

Drug control.

Drug traffic--United States--History.

Drug traffic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2016.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Blowing Smoke argues that we are losing the drug war because of our devotion to the disease model of substance abuse. That model has become the driving force for our two main strategies in the war: prohibition laws and drug rehab. The book traces the history and science behind each to show how they paradoxically enable drug use.

Contents:

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Ch01. MURDER, THIEVERY, AND DRUNKENNESS; Ch02. DEMON RUM; Ch03. DISEASE CRUSADERS; Ch04. RACISM, PROGRESSIVISM, AND DRUG LAWS; Ch05. THE POWER OF PARADIGMS; Ch06. THE BRAIN ON DRUGS; Ch07. DECONSTRUCTING REHAB; Ch08. RETHINKING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF REHAB; Ch09. THE HABIT MODEL; Ch10. THE CASE FOR DRUG LEGALIZATION; Ch11. CONTROLLING TEEN DRUG USE; Ch12. CONTROLLING ADULT DRUG USE; Ch13. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES; APPENDIX A: SIGNS OF DRUG USE IN CHILDREN; APPENDIX B: ME DICATIONS USED TO TREAT ADDICTIONS; APPENDIX C: DIAGNOSING ADDICTIONS; NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-212) and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-35261-7

979-82-16-20373-5

1-280-65833-9

9786613635266

1-4422-1516-X

OCLC:

845244181