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Drug addiction and drug policy : the struggle to control dependence /
This book is the culmination of five years of impassioned conversations among distinguished scholars in law, public policy, medicine, and biopsychology, about the most difficult questions in drug policy and the study of addictions. As these intensely argued chapters show, the obvious answers are alw...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2001.
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| Series: | Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative Ser.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Drug policy with a new focus / Philip B. Heymann
- Toward a balanced drug-prevention strategy: a conceptual map / Mark H. Moore
- Drug users and drug dealers / William N. Brownsberger
- Is addiction a chronic, relapsing disease? / Gene M. Heyman
- Is drug addiction a brain disease? / Sally L. Satel
- If addiction is involuntary, how can punishment help? / George E. Vaillant
- Controlling drug use and crime with testing, sanctions, and treatment / Mark A.R. Kleiman
- Limits on the role of testing and sanctions / William N. Brownsberger
- How should low-level drug dealers be punished? / Jonathan P. Caulkins and Philip B. Heymann
- Reflections on drug policy and social policy / David Boyum and Peter Reuter.