DrugsDrugs
Dilemmas and Choices
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eBook, 2000
Current format, eBook, 2000, , All copies in use.eBook, 2000
Current format, eBook, 2000, , All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsThis book, written by a multi-disciplinary group of experts, aims to stimulate an informed debate about the possible alternatives to these unsuccessful policies. It describes the historical reasons why alcohol and tobacco are legal while heroin and amphetamine are not. It discusses the reasons why people use drugs, the consequences of their doing so and the benefits and limitations of treatment. The authors investigate the lessons to be learnt from previous attempts to curb drug and alcohol use, how the 1.4 billion pounds that the UK Government currently devotes to drug control might be better spent in future, and what would be likely to happen if cannabis, or even heroin, were to be 'legalised'.
Convictions for drug offences has steadily risen since the 1950s and so has the number of young people using illegal drugs. Yet there is almost no public discussion of control policies. This text aims to stimulate an informed debate about the possible alternatives to these unsuccessful policies.
Convictions for drug offences has steadily risen since the 1950s and so has the number of young people using illegal drugs. Yet there is almost no public discussion of control policies. This text aims to stimulate an informed debate about the possible alternatives to these unsuccessful policies.
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