Title: The dilemma of drug policy in the United States /
Authors: Sharp, Elaine B.
Publisher: HarperCollins College Publishers,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Substance-Related Disorders rehabilitation; Illicit Drugs supply & distribution; Public Policy; Crime; Drug and Narcotic Control; Drug abuse Government policy United States; Drug abuse and crime United States; Drug abuse United States Prevention; Drug abuse Treatment United States; United States; United States
Abstract: Some Sharp observations ...
Contents: Foreword / Peter Eisinger -- 1. Policy, Politics, and Learning: The Case of Illicit Drugs -- 2. The History of U.S. Drug Policy: The Early Years and Nixon's War on Drugs -- 3. Drug Policy in the Carter Administration -- 4. The Contemporary War on Drugs -- 5. Drug Treatment: Programs and Results -- 6. Drug Abuse Prevention -- 7. Domestic Drug-Law Enforcement -- 8. Limits of Policy Change -- 9. Possibilities for Drug Policy.