New Approaches to Drug Policies [electronic resource] : A Time For Change /
Rosen, Jonathan D.editor.
Brienen, Marten W.editor.
The US-led war on drugs has failed: drugs remain purer, cheaper and more readily available than ever. Extreme levels of violence have also grown as drug traffickers and organized criminals compete for control of territory. This book points towards a number of crucial challenges, policy solutions and alternatives to the current drug strategies.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; One Hundred Years of Prohibition; The Origins of US Prohibition; Reagan Dials Up the War on Drugs; How to View the War on Drugs and US Prohibitionism; Trends in Global Drug Consumption; Volume Organization; Notes; I: Case Studies; 1. The Drug War's Damaging Impact on Mexico and Its Neighbors; Mexico's Agony; The Danger to Central America; Washington's Response to the Drug Cartel Threat; A Search for Solutions; Defunding the Cartels; Notes
2. Trends in Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime in BrazilGlobal Consumption and Transnational Drug Trafficking; The Power of Borders; The Strength of Organized Crime Power within the Brazilian Penitentiary System and Its Extension into the Slums; Slums and Organized Crime; Conclusions; Notes; 3. The War on Drugs in Colombia: A History of Failure; The Balloon Effect; Counter-narcotic Strategies; The War on Terrorism Meets the War on Drugs; Counterproductive Measures: Aerial Spraying; Evaluating Plan Colombia; Unintended Consequences for Mexico; A Paradigm Shift in Colombia?; Conclusion
Notes4. Understated Yet Turbulent: Narcotics Trafficking and the Criminalization of Guinea-Bissau; Gateway; An Endless Darkness; Crime Scene; Understated; Half-Light; Notes; II: Themes; 5. Drug Trafficking and the Street: An Anthropological View; Costa Rican Marijuana Dealers; Traffic and the Cocaine Cowboys; Injecting Drug Use in Miami; Spanish IDUs; Lessons from Street Perspective; Conclusion; Notes; 6. Delinquency and Drug Use in the US; Models of the Delinquency and Drug Use Relationship; What We Have Learned about the Alcohol/Drug Use and Delinquency Relationship
Trends in Drug Use Policies in the USCurrent Drug Control Policies in the US; New Directions for Drug Control Policies in the US; Notes; 7. The Gang-Drug Nexus: Violence, Rhetoric, and Suppression in an FBI Safe Streets Task Force; Foundational Narratives; Violence and Leadership; Conclusion; Notes; 8. A Resounding Success or a Disastrous Failure: Re-examining the Interpretation of Evidence on the Portuguese Decriminalization of Illicit Drugs; The Portuguese Reform: The Evidence Base; The Cato Report and the APLD Report; Drug Use; Accounts Compared to the Available Evidence
Drug-Related DeathHow Portugal Compares to the Rest of Europe; Accounts Compared to the Available Evidence; Discussion; Conclusion; Funding; Notes; III: Policy Solutions; 9. Drug Use Among American Adolescents: An Examination of Prevention and Intervention Programs; Alcohol and Other Drug Use by Children and Youths; Prevention Efforts; Notes; 10. The Legalization Debate: Mapping Change and Trends in the United States; Conceptualizing Drugs and Their Impact on Society: The Legalization Debate; Un-demonizing Legalization and Changing Perceptions
The US Has a Drug Problem: Reconceptualizing Drugs as a Health Issue
Includes index.
The US-led war on drugs has failed: drugs remain purer, cheaper and more readily available than ever. Extreme levels of violence have also grown as drug traffickers and organized criminals compete for control of territory. This book points towards a number of crucial challenges, policy solutions and alternatives to the current drug strategies.
Criminology.
Organized crime.
Social policy.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Public policy.
Sociology.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Organized Crime.
Social Policy.
Crime and Society.
Public Policy.
Sociology, general.