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Rethinking Our War on Drugs - Candid Talk about Controversial Issues (Hardcover, New)
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Rethinking Our War on Drugs - Candid Talk about Controversial Issues (Hardcover, New)
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The National Drug Control Policy has failed its two major functions
(supply reduction and demand reduction) due to faulty assumptions
regarding nearly every aspect of the alcohol and drug fields,
charges author Fisher. Yet in spite of overwhelming evidence of
this failure policy makers have strongly resisted discussing major
changes to the assumptions that underly current policy, because of
political pressure, bias and philosophical intransigence, he adds.
Fisher discusses controversial topics and defends uncommon
approaches in chapters focused on subjects including legalization,
harm reduction, the futility of supply reduction, the problem of
underage drinking and effectiveness of treatment and prevention. He
proposes a new national policy for drug control, including
elimination of the war' metaphor, inclusion of alcohol in the
mandate, conceptualization of addiction as a public health problem,
utilization of harm reduction principles to guide policy and
discontinuation of approaches that isolate drug and alcohol
problems from their connection to broader social issues such as
poverty. In this work, the premises of the current National Drug
Control Strategy are challenged, and both Democratic and Republican
administrations across the last 10 years are critically examined.
Statements of the Director of the Office of National Drug Control
Strategy are critiqued. Major points include that there is no
evidence the NDCS has achieved any of its goals, that harm
reduction should be its guiding principle, and supply reduction
should not be part of the national strategy.
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