Drug policy and the public good /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Babor, Thomas (Author)
Corporate Author: UPSO (University Press Scholarship Online)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:Second edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half title; Drug Policy and the Public Good; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Section I Introduction; 1 Framing the issues; 2 Matters of substance; Section II Drug epidemiology and drug markets; 3 Drug use in global perspective; 4 Harms associated with illicit drug use; 5 Illegal markets: the economics and social costs of drug distribution; 6 The legal market: prescription and diversion of psychopharmaceuticals; Section III The evidence base for drug policy: research on strategies and interventions
  • 7 Strategies and interventions to reduce drug use and related harm: section overview8 Preventing illicit drug use by young people; 9 Health and social services for drug users; 10 Supply control for illegal; 11 Criminalization and decriminalization of drug possession; 12 Managing psychopharmaceutical drugs under prescription regimes; Section IV The policy arena; 13 Drug policy and control at the international level; 14 Legalizing the supply of cannabis; 15 Treatment systems for drug users; Section V Synthesis and conclusions; 16 Summary and conclusions; Appendix; References