Drugs in society
Subtitle: causes, concepts, and control
By: Michael D. Lyman, Gary W. Potter
Contributors: Potter, Gary W.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Anderson Publishing Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Burlington, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 536
ISBN-13: 9781437744507
Subjects: Drug traffic; Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer; Drug abuse; Crime; Strafrecht; Drogenpolitik; Drug and Narcotic Control; Drogenkriminalität; Public Policy; History; Etiology; Substance-Related Disorders; Drug control; Kriminologie; Rauschgifthandel; Drogenmissbrauch; Prävention; Soziale Wirklichkeit; Prevention & control; Bekämpfung
Description: This work focuses on the many critical areas of America's drug problem, providing a foundation for rational decisionmaking within this complex and multi-disciplinary field.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-519) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Understanding the Problem; title: 1. The Nature of the Drug Problem; title: 2. The History of Drug Abuse; title: 3. Understanding Drugs of Abuse; title: 4. The Illicit Drug Trade; title: 5. Domestic Drug Production; title: 6. Drugs and Crime; title: Part II: Gangs and Drugs; title: 7. Organized Crime and the Drug Trade; title: 8. Domestic Drug-Trafficking Organizations; title: 9. Foreign Drug-Trafficking Organizations; title: Part III: Fighting Back; title: 10. The Drug Control Initiative; title: 11. Critical Issues in Drug Control; title: 12. The Issue of Legalizing Drugs; title: 13. Understanding Drug Control Policy; title: 14. Control through Treatment and Prevention.