Fixing drugs
Subtitle: the politics of drug prohibition
By: Sue Pryce
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9780230359710
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative; Drug control; Drug abuse; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Law Enforcement
Description: "In this unique and engaging book, Sue Pryce tackles the major issues surrounding drug policy. Why do governments persist with prohibition policies, despite their proven inefficacy? Why are some drugs criminalized, and some not? And why does society care about drug use at all? Pryce guides us through drug policy around the world"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction; title: Why are Drugs a Problem for States?; title: Why is there a Drug Problem at all?; title: How do States Prohibit Drugs?; title: What are the Unintended Consequences of Drug Prohibition?; title: Why Persist with a Failed Policy?; title: Is the Attempt to Prohibit Drugs Coming to an End?; title: Conclusion; title: Glossary; title: Bibliography.