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Author | : Doug Husak |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2005-08-29 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1139445855 |
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In the United States today, the use or possession of many drugs is a criminal offense. Can these criminal laws be justified? What are the best reasons to punish or not to punish drug users? These are the fundamental issues debated in this book by two prominent philosophers of law. Douglas Husak argues in favor of drug decriminalization, by clarifying the meaning of crucial terms, such as legalize, decriminalize, and drugs; and by identifying the standards by which alternative drug policies should be assessed. He critically examines the reasons typically offered in favor of our current approach and explains why decriminalization is preferable. Peter de Marneffe argues against drug legalization, demonstrating why drug prohibition, especially the prohibition of heroin, is necessary to protect young people from self-destructive drug use. If the empirical assumptions of this argument are sound, he reasons, drug prohibition is perfectly compatible with our rights to liberty.
Author | : Doug Husak |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2005-08-29 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780521837866 |
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This book presents two philosophical views on the legalization of drugs.
Author | : James A. Inciardi |
Publisher | : SAGE Publications |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 1999-08-27 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1452264821 |
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Retaining the focus and the spirit of the acclaimed First Edition, The Drug Legalization Debate, Second Edition, addresses the major issues involved in the continuing drug legalization debate - including deterrence, treatment, education, and prevention. It also examines drug use trends at the end of the millennium, the use of cannabis as a wonder drug and a look at whether legalizing drugs would really reduce violent crime.
Author | : Karin Swisher |
Publisher | : Greenhaven Press, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781565103788 |
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Examines arguments in support of and against legalizing drugs.
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 30 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Decriminalization |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : United States. Congress |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2018-01-08 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781983521911 |
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The decriminalization of illegal drugs : hearing before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session, July 13, 1999.
Author | : James A. Inciardi |
Publisher | : SAGE Publications, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1990-11-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780803936782 |
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If marijuana were legalized the drug problem would be eased. This is an assertion which this volume discusses in full. It describes the history of drug use and abuse and the US government's approach to drug control including deterrence, treatment, education and prevention. Articles confront topics such as the risk of a "war on drugs", an enlightened legalization policy, and ethical and legal dilemmas.
Author | : Douglas Husak |
Publisher | : Verso Books |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2020-05-05 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1789607779 |
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Recreational drug users (other than those who take harmful substances like alcohol and tobacco) are regularly imprisoned. Nearly half a million drug offenders are incarcerated in US jails, more than the total number of prisoners in 1980 and more than the entire EU prison population. In some states more is spent on maintaining the prison system than on education. Current drug policies lead to immense personal suffering, as well as police corruption, organized crime and contempt for the law, and make drugs more dangerous because they are illegal and thus not subject to proper controls. Politicians from all sides of the political spectrum are beginning to ask: is it worth it? In arguing that criminalization is unjust, Douglas Husak explodes many of the myths that surround drug use. In some years, more than half of high school seniors take drugs, yet the US is not overrun with drug-crazed addicts. Horror stories of the dangers of drug use abound, but the truth is more prosaic; although recreational drugs are sometimes bad for users, there are between 80 and 90 million US citizens who have used illicit drugs without ill effects.
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 634 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Drug legalization |
ISBN | : |
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