Drug policy and the public good
By: Thomas Babor ... [et al.].
Contributors: Babor, Thomas.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780199557127
Subjects: Drug control; Substance abuse -- Government policy; Substance-Related Disorders; Drug and Narcotic Control; Public Policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Framing the issues; title: Matters of substance; title: The international dimensions of drug use; title: Harms associated with illicit drug use; title: Illegal markets : the economics of drug distribution and social harm; title: The legal market : prescription and diversion of psychopharmaceuticals; title: Strategies and interventions to reduce drug use and related harm : section overview; title: Preventing illicit drug use by young people; title: Health and social services for drug users; title: Supply control; title: Criminalization and decriminalization of drug use or possession; title: Prescription regimes and other measures to control misuse of psychopharmaceuticals; title: Drug policy and control at the international level; title: The variety of national drug policies; title: Health and social services for drug users : systems issues.