num_pages: 353
description: The use of illegal drugs should not be treated as a crime, but as a public health problem, argue Eva Bertram, Morris Blachman, Kenneth Sharpe &amp; Peter Andreas. Though the idea is hardly new, Drug War Politics revitalizes public debate over whether tax dollars are better spent suppressing drugs &amp; pushers or rehabilitating addicts. Thru interviews with healthcare specialists, law enforcement officials &amp; drug users, the authors--who constitute a drug policy thinktank--illustrate that America's war on drugs must be revamped before it exacerbates the problem.
language: English
title: Drug War Politics
titlecomplete: Drug War Politics
ratings_count: 28
publisher: University of California Press (Berkeley)