Drugs and justice : seeking a consistent, coherent, comprehensive view / by Margaret P. Battin [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Battin, M. Pabst, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug control--United States.

Drug control.

Drug abuse--Government policy--United States.

Drug abuse.

Drugs--Law and legislation--United States.

Drugs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text tackles one of the central issues in drug policy: the lack of a coherent conceptual structure for thinking about drugs. Battin and her contributors lay a foundation for a wiser drug policy by promoting consistency and coherency in the discussion of drug issues and by encouraging a dialogue across disciplines.

Contents:

Drugs "across the board"

How did it come to be this way?

Drug regulatory agencies and the underlying rationales for drug policy

Core conceptual problems : addiction

Core conceptual problems : harm (and benefit)

Dilemmas of drug management and control

Toward justice in drug theory, policy, and practice.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773027-2

0-19-020764-7

1-4356-0960-3

1-281-37477-6

9786611374778

0-19-804331-7

0-19-804332-5

1-4356-1761-4

OCLC:

476241217