Drug war facts
By: compiled and maintained by Common Sense for Drug Policy ; editor, Douglas A. McVay
Contributors: Common Sense for Drug Policy
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: compiled and maintained by Common Sense for Drug Policy; CSDP
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780615164298
Subjects: Drug control
Description: "Drug War Facts provides reliable information with applicable citations on important public health and criminal justice issues. It is updated continuously by its Editor, Douglas A. McVay. Most charts, facts and figures are from government sources, government-sponsored sources, peer reviewed journals and occasionally newspapers. In all cases the source is cited so that journalists, scholars and students can verify, check context and obtain additional information. Our mission is to offer useful facts, cited from authoritative sources, to a debate that is often characterized by myths, error, emotion and dissembling. We believe that in time an informed society will correct its errors and generate wiser policies. Drug War Facts is sponsored by Common Sense for Drug Policy. Its directors are Kevin B. Zeese, President; Mike Gray, Chair; Robert E. Field, Co-Chair and Executive Director; and Melvin R. Allen. To the extent of its copyrights, Common Sense for Drug Policy authorizes and encourages the use and republication of some or all portions of this book."--Publisher's description.
Notes: "Regularly updated at www.drugwarfacts.org"--Cover.

"November 2007"-t.p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Addictive Properties of Popular Drugs; title: Adolescents; title: Alcohol; title: Annual Causes of Death in the United States; title: Asset Forfeiture; title: Civil and Human Rights; title: Cocaine & Crack; title: Corruption of law enforcement Officers & Public Officials; title: Crime; title: Diversion of Pharmaceutical Drugs; title: Drug Courts & Treatment Alternatives to Incarceration; title: Drug Interdiction; title: Drug Testing; title: Drug Use Estimates; title: Economics; title: Environment; title: Families, Youth & Students; title: Gateway Theory; title: Hemp; title: Hepatitis C; title: Heroin; title: Heroin Assisted Treatment/Heroin Maintenance; title: HIV/AIDS & Injection Drug Use; title: Ibogaine; title: International - Acceding and Candidate Countries to the European Union; title: International - Australia; title: International - Belgium; title: International - Canada; title: International - Denmark; title: International - European Union; title: International - France; title: International - Germany; title: International - Greece; title: International - Spain; title: International - The Netherlands; title: Mandatory Minimum Sentencing; title: Marijuana; title: Medical Marijuana; title: Methadone Maintenance & Buprenorphine Therapy; title: Methamphetamine; title: Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or Ecstasy); title: Military Participation; title: Overdose; title: Pain Management; title: Portugal; title: Pregnancy & Substance Use; title: Prevention & Education; title: Prisons & Drug Offenders; title: Prisons, Jails & Probation-Overview; title: Race and Prison; title: Race, HIV/AIDS and the Drug War; title: Russian Federation; title: Supervised Consumption Facilities & Safe Injection Facilities; title: Sweden; title: Switzerland; title: Syringe/Needle Exchange Programs; title: The Netherlands Compared With The United States; title: Treatment; title: United Kingdom; title: United States; title: Women & The Drug War.