Drug addiction and drug policy : the struggle to control dependence / edited by Philip B. Heymann, William N. Brownsberger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brownsberger, William N., Author.

Contributor:

Heymann, Philip B.

Brownsberger, William N.

Series:

Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Substance abuse--United States.

Substance abuse.

Substance abuse--United States--Prevention.

Drug abuse--United States--Prevention.

Drug abuse.

Drug abuse--Government policy--United States.

Drug control--United States.

Drug control.

Drugs of abuse--Law and legislation--United States.

Drugs of abuse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the culmination of five years of debate among distinguished scholars in law, public policy, medicine, and biopsychology, about the most difficult questions in drug policy and the study of addictions. Do drug addicts have an illness, or is the addiction under their control? Should they be treated as patients or as criminals? Challenging the conventional wisdom, the authors show that these standard dichotomies are false.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Drug Policy with a New Focus; 1. Toward a Balanced Drug-Prevention Strategy: A Conceptual Map; 2. Drug Users and Drug Dealers; 3. Is Addiction a Chronic, Relapsing Disease?; 4. Is Drug Addiction a Brain Disease?; 5. If Addiction Is Involuntary, How Can Punishment Help?; 6. Controlling Drug Use and Crime with Testing, Sanctions, and Treatment; 7. Limits on the Role of Testing and Sanctions; 8. How Should Low-Level Drug Dealers Be Punished?; 9. Reflections on Drug Policy and Social Policy; Postscript; Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-674-03862-2

OCLC:

923111145