Title Caribbean drugs : from criminalization to harm reduction / edited by Axel Klein, Marcus Day and Anthony Harriot.

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London ; New York : Zed Books in association with Drugscope ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the U.S. by Palgrave ; Kingston : Ian Randle, 2004.

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Description	1 online resource (xvi, 255 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The search for a new drug policy framework : from the Barbados plan of action to the Ganja Commission / Axel Klein -- Criminalizing cultural practice : the case of ganja in Jamaica / Barry Chevannes -- Drug courts in Jamaica : means to an end or end in itself? / Anthony Harriott and Marlyn Jones -- Drugs and the prison system : impact of legislative changes on the prison crises in the commonwealth Caribbean region / Wendy Singh -- Rethinking privatisation, the state and illegal drugs in the commonwealth Caribbean / Philip Nanton -- Drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation in Jamaica and the Caribbean / Howard Gough -- What's the hook? Diary of a drop-in centre or rehabilitation before abstinence / Marcus Day -- Cayman drug council : practising harm reduction in a zero-tolerance society / Catherine Chestnut -- Ethical dilemmas in drug research : pitfalls of gathering sensitive information in the Caribbean context / Jennifer Hillebrand -- Illicit drug markets in the Caribbean : analysis of information on drug flows through the region / Michael Platzer with Flavio Mirella and Carlos Resa Nestares -- The Ganja industry and alternative development in St Vincent and the Grenadines / Axel Klein.
Summary	In recent years Caribbean countries have responded to US pressure by adopting a coordinated policy of criminalizing ganja & crack cocaine usage. This volume assesses the impact of the policy on a population for whom drug usage has been socially acceptable & provides a warning for policy makers elsewhere.
Note	Print version record.
Local Note	EBSCOhost SocINDEX with Full Text
Language	English.
Subject	Drug abuse -- Caribbean Area.
	Drug abuse -- Caribbean Area -- Prevention.
	Drug control -- Caribbean Area.
	SELF-HELP -- Substance Abuse & Addictions -- General.
	PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Addiction.
	Drug abuse. (OCoLC)fst00898480
	Drug abuse -- Prevention. (OCoLC)fst00898521
	Drug control. (OCoLC)fst01032891
	Caribbean Area. (OCoLC)fst01244080
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Klein, Axel, 1961- editor.
	Day, Marcus, editor.
	Harriot, Anthony, editor.
Other Form:	Print version: Caribbean drugs. London ; New York : Zed Books in association with Drugscope ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the U.S. by Palgrave ; Kingston : Ian Randle, 2004 1842774980 9781842774984 (DLC) 2003070311 (OCoLC)53975544
ISBN	9781848130579 (electronic book)
	1848130570 (electronic book)
	1842774980 (cased)
	9781842774984 (cased)
	1842774999 (limp)
	9781842774991 (limp)
	9766371946 (I. Randle)
	9789766371944 (I. Randle)
	1281258768
	9781281258762

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