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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Battin, M. Pabst
Otros Autores: Dick, David G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Drugs "across the board"
  • How did it come to be this way?
  • Drug regulatory agencies and the underlying rationales for drug policy
  • Core conceptual problems : addiction
  • Core conceptual problems : harm (and benefit)
  • Dilemmas of drug management and control
  • Toward justice in drug theory, policy, and practice.