Drug legalization
By: Noël Merino, book editor
Series: Current controversies series; Current controversies
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780737772159; 9780737772166
Subjects: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse; Drug control; Drug legalization; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Law & Crime
Work titles: Drug legalization (Current controversies)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Is the prohibition of drugs failing? Overview: Is the war on drugs nearing an end? / Matt Sledge; title: The war on drugs is not working / Doug Bandow; title: Prohibition of marijuana unnecessarily criminalizes young minorities / Harry Levine; title: The prohibition of drugs is working and should continue / John P. Walters; title: Drug legalisation : an evaluation of the impacts on global society / Drug Free America Foundation, Inc.; title: 2. Is drug use dangerous for society? Overview: Drug use in the United States / Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; title: Marijuana use harms health and is addictive / National Institute on Drug Abuse; title: Drug use negatively impacts health, productivity, and crime / United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; title: Methamphetamine and other drugs are not as dangerous as alleged / Carl Hart, interviewed by Reason.com; title: Drug prohibition is more dangerous than decriminalization / David Boaz; title: 3. Should marijuana be legalized? Overview: For first time, Americans favor legalizing marijuana / Art Swift; title: The war on marijuana targets individuals of color / American Civil Liberties Union; title: Marijuana should be legalized and not just decriminalized / Drug Policy Alliance; title: Medical marijuana should be legalized / Marijuana Policy Project; title: Marijuana legalization is a bad idea for the United States / Office of National Drug Control Policy; title: Medical marijuana in plant form should not be legalized / Smart Approaches to Marijuana; title: 4. How should US drug policy be reformed? Overview: Public opinion on drug policy / Pew Research Center; title: Have we lost the war on drugs? / Gary S. Becker and Kevin M. Murphy; title: Legalizing drugs / R.R. Reno; title: Legal, regulated heroin could have saved Philip Seymour Hoffman / Valerie Vande Panne; title: Heroin and rational choice / Jonah Goldberg; title: There is no moral justification for the prohibition of drugs / Matthew Feeney; title: Drug legalization will have positive and negative consequences / Jeffrey A. Miron.