Drug War Heresies - Learning from Other Vices, Times, and Places (Paperback)

This meticulously researched study represents the first effort to provide a nonpartisan and objective analysis of how the United States should approach the drug legalization question. It surveys what is known about the effects of different drug policies in Western Europe and what happened when cocaine and heroin were legal in the US a century ago. The book shows that legalization involves different tradeoffs between health and crime and the interests of the inner city minority communities and the middle class. The book explains why it is so difficult to accomplish substantial reform of drug policy.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	RAND Studies in Policy Analysis
Release date:	August 2001
First published:	2001
Authors:	Robert J. Maccoun • Peter Reuter
Dimensions:	228 x 153 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	496
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-79997-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > Drug addiction & substance abuse
LSN:	0-521-79997-X
Barcode:	9780521799973

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