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Drug war politics : the price of denial / Eva Bertram [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drug control--United States.
- Drug control.
- United States.
- Drug abuse--Government policy--United States.
- Drug abuse.
- Drug abuse--Government policy.
- Public health--United States.
- Public health.
- Drug and Narcotic Control.
- Public Health.
- Substance-Related Disorders.
- Substance-Related Disorders--prevention & control.
- Medical Subjects:
- Drug and Narcotic Control.
- Public Health.
- Substance-Related Disorders.
- Substance-Related Disorders--prevention & control.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 347 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [1996]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- We have written this book as much for concerned citizens as for specialists on public policy and the the drug problem. Our research has taught us that most Americans understand that drug problems are serious, that what we are doing is not working, and they are puzzled about why. Some are convinced that we need to be tougher, more determined, and more efficient. The policy has failed because of a lack of will and commitment--and those who say otherwise are defeatists.
- Contents:
- Part One : The drug war syndrome
- Three fatal flaws in the war on drugs
- The collateral damage of the war on drugs
- Part Two : Paradigms, power and the politics of denial
- The punitive paradigm : The early struggles, 1900-1930
- The punitive paradigm : Entrenchment and challenge, 1930-1980
- Presidential drug wars and the carco-enforcement complex
- Congress, the electorate and the logic of excalation
- The punitive paradigm revisited
- Part Three : Public health and the struggle for reform
- Paradigm shifts
- Envisioning a public-health paradigm
- The politics of drug reform
- Afterword : Trends in drug-control spending
- Trends in drug prices
- Trends in drug use and its consequences.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-336) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780520918047
- 0520918045
- Publisher Number:
- 99986444044
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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