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Title Dealing with drugs : consequences of government control / edited by Ronald Hamowy ; foreword by Alfred Freedman.

Publication Info. Lexington, Mass. : Lexington Books, [1987]
©1987

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  363.45 D279D    Check Shelf
Description xi, 385 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Pacific studies in public policy
Pacific studies in public policy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographies and index.
Contents Introduction : Illicit drugs and government control / Ronald Hamowy -- Part I. The effects of prohibition -- The history of legislative control over opium, cocaine, and their derivatives / D.F. Musto -- Curing the drug-law addiction - The harmful side effects of legal prohibition / Randy E. Barnett -- The need for reform of international narcotics laws / Arnold S. Trebach -- Drugs and United States foreign policy / Jonathan Marshall -- Part II. Medical research concerning illicit substances -- Medical uses of illicit drugs / Lester Grinspoon and James B. Bakalar -- Cocaine, marijuana, and the meanings of addiction / Robert Byck -- The use and misuse of intoxicants - Factors in the development of controlled use / Norman E. Zinberg -- Part III. Policy reform : Evidence and ethics -- The market for heroin before and after legalization / Robert J. Michaels -- The morality of drug controls / Thomas Szasz.
Subject Drug control -- United States.
Drug abuse -- United States.
Drugs of abuse -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Criminal provisions.
Drug and Narcotic Control -- United States.
Substance-Related Disorders -- United States -- Legislation.
Public Policy -- United States.
Added Author Hamowy, Ronald, 1937-
ISBN 0669156787 alkaline paper
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