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Drugs and justice : seeking a consistent, coherent, comprehensive view /
This compact and innovative book tackles one of the central issues in drug policy: the lack of a coherent conceptual structure for thinking about drugs. Drugs generally fall into one of seven categories: prescription, over the counter, alternative medicine, common-use drugs like alcohol, tobacco and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This compact and innovative book tackles one of the central issues in drug policy: the lack of a coherent conceptual structure for thinking about drugs. Drugs generally fall into one of seven categories: prescription, over the counter, alternative medicine, common-use drugs like alcohol, tobacco and caffeine; religious-use, sports enhancement; and of course illegal street drugs like cocaine and marijuana. Our thinking and policies varies wildly from one to the other, with inconsistencies that derive more from cultural and social values than from medical or scientific facts. Penalties exist for. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxviii, 279 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198043317 0198043317 9781435617612 1435617614 1435609603 9781435609600 1281374776 9781281374776 9786611374778 6611374779 0198043325 9780198043324 |