Federal Drug Control
Subtitle: The Evolution of Policy and Practice
Contributors: Jonathon, Ph.D. Erlen (Editor); Joseph F. Spillane (Editor)
Publisher: Pharmaceutical Products Press
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780789018922
Subjects: Central government; Political Science; Government - Federal; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Politics/International Relations; United States; Criminal Law - General; Drugs of abuse; Public Policy - General; Law and legislation
First sentence: After several years of debate and negotiation, the U.S. Congress passed the Harrison Narcotics Act, which went into effect on March 1, 1915.
Description: "Federal Drug Control: The Evolution of Policy and Practice presents on overview of the key issues and key individuals responsible for the creation of the federal government's efforts to control illegal drugs in the United States, from 1875-2001. The book focuses special attention on federal legislation that constructed the federal drug regulatory machinery and the Supreme Court cases that interpreted these laws and their implementation. A panel of scholars, including co-editor Joseph Spillane, author of Cocaine: From Medical Marvel to Modern Menace, and William B. McAllister, author of Drug Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century: An International History, traces the internal tensions between factions favoring medicalization and criminalization throughout the twentieth century, examining the difficult choices that continue to be made in this ongoing debate."--BOOK JACKET.