Promising Strategies to Reduce Substance Abuse
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Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Drinking of alcoholic beverages |
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Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Drinking of alcoholic beverages |
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Author | : United States. Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention |
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Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1972 |
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Author | : Jacqui Bailey |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2009-08-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781435854925 |
Provides information about the history of drugs and the reasons that people take drugs.
Author | : Steven Wisotsky |
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Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Political Science |
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This provocative and controversial book rejects the popular pablum of more laws, more money, more enforcement personnel, and more jails as the road to victory in the "war on drugs." Author Steven Wisotsky masterfully documents the failure of the drug war and the erroneous premise central to its destructive and doomed strategy: the idea that drug taking controls human behavior; that drugs "cause" physical dependency. Americans must move beyond the war on drugs by repudiating their obsessive preoccupation with controlling or prohibiting drugs. Instead, we must replace this mindset with a new view that acknowledges individual freedom and the power of directing our choices toward responsible human behavior. According to Wisotsky, the idea of "waging war" on drugs is central to the problem rather than a fundamental part of any solution. He takes the Reagan-Bush-Bennett campaign to task for its failed efforts to cut the supply of drugs, reduce public demand, and enforce laws regarding the sale and distribution of controlled substances. Wisotsky contends that the war on drugs will remain inadequate so long as society continues to be seduced by the battle cries of its own stepped-up combat in which the "enemy" (drugs) must be eradicated at all cost. The rationale for doing battle has become so embedded in the public mind that we no longer recognize the need for a critical review of social policy, strategy, or the methods needed to achieve our desired goals. Have we simply created a new type of Prohibition, which is destined to fail? And if this is the case, then what does it say about our society? Have we lost the ability to reflect critically on our social motives and purposes, as well as our justification for the actions we take, simply because we've declared "war" on the "enemy" and we aren't going to stop the good fight until we've "won"? Beyond the War on Drugs offers hard-hitting arguments to support the growing public opinion that this war, as it is currently conceived, cannot be won and ought not to be fought. Wisotsky argues persuasively for a reassessment of this struggle. We must go beyond the war on drugs to develop a public policy that acknowledges human intelligence, free choice, and individual responsibility.
Author | : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
Publisher | : United Nations |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2019-06-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9210041747 |
The 2019 World Drug Report will include an updated overview of recent trends on production, trafficking and consumption of key illicit drugs. The Report contains a global overview of the baseline data and estimates on drug demand and supply and provides the reference point for information on the drug situation worldwide.
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Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Drug abuse |
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Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Athletes |
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How athletic coaches can use their positions as role models and mentors to help prevent drug use among young people.
Author | : Richard H. Blum |
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Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Drug abuse |
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Author | : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
Publisher | : New York : United Nations |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Drug abuse |
ISBN | : 9789211481914 |
"This publication does not offer a pre-packaged programme of education for drug abuse prevention that can be picked up and implemented. It is rather an attempt to provide a conceptual basis upon which teachers, policy makers and school administrators can make decisions about school based drug prevention programmes in order to achieve greater success in education terms" -- p. 6.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 423 |
Release | : 2001-09-27 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0309171334 |
How should the war on drugs be fought? Everyone seems to agree that the United States ought to use a combination of several different approaches to combat the destructive effects of illegal drug use. Yet there is a remarkable paucity of data and research information that policy makers require if they are to create a useful, realistic policy package-details about drug use, drug market economics, and perhaps most importantly the impact of drug enforcement activities. Informing America's Policy on Illegal Drugs recommends ways to close these gaps in our understanding-by obtaining the necessary data on drug prices and consumption (quantity in addition to frequency); upgrading federal management of drug statistics; and improving our evaluation of prevention, interdiction, enforcement, and treatment efforts. The committee reviews what we do and do not know about illegal drugs and how data are assembled and used by federal agencies. The book explores the data and research information needed to support strong drug policy analysis, describes the best methods to use, explains how to avoid misleading conclusions, and outlines strategies for increasing access to data. Informing America's Policy on Illegal Drugs also discusses how researchers can incorporate randomization into studies of drug treatment and how state and local agencies can compare alternative approaches to drug enforcement. Charting a course toward a better-informed illegal drugs policy, this book will be important to federal and state policy makers, regulators, researchers, program administrators, enforcement officials, journalists, and advocates concerned about illegal drug use.