This book is the culmination of five years of impassioned
conversations among distinguished scholars in law, public policy,
medicine, and biopsychology, about the most difficult questions in
drug policy and the study of addictions. As these intensely argued
chapters show, the obvious answers are always alluring but
frequently wrong.
Do drug addicts have an illness, or is their addiction under
their control? Should they be treated as patients, or as criminals?
Challenging the conventional wisdom in both the psychiatric
community and the enforcement community, the authors show the
falsity of these standard dichotomies. They argue that the real
question is how coercion and support can be used together to steer
addicts toward productive life.
Written in clear and forceful language, without ideological
blinkers and with close attention to empirical data, this book has
something to teach both novice and expert in the fields of drug
addiction and drug policy. The authors' resistance to sloganeering
from right or left will raise the quality of public discussion of a
complex issue, and contribute to the management of one of the most
painful and enduring problems of American society.
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