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Legalizing drugs : crime stopper or social risk? / Margaret J. Goldstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldstein, Margaret J., author.
- Series:
- USA today's debate.
- USA Today debate: voices and perspectives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drug legalization--United States.
- Drug legalization.
- Drug abuse--Social aspects--United States.
- Drug abuse.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2010]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book looks at the history of drug laws in the United States, the modern-day War on Drugs, and the medical marijuana movement. It provides the opinions and perspectives of police officers, politicians, and the U.S. "drug czar.".
- Contents:
- A history of drug use and abuse
- The war on drugs
- A lost cause?
- A war worth fighting
- The potential of legalized drugs
- The risks of legalized drugs
- Is marijuana different?
- Voice of the people.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-154) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-53174-3
- 9786612531743
- 0-7613-5997-4
- OCLC:
- 1011236364
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