Drug policy and the public good / Thomas Babor [and others].

Date:
2010
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Publication/Creation

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Physical description

xii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Framing the issues -- Matters of substance -- The international dimensions of drug use -- Harms associated with illicit drug use -- Illegal markets : the economics of drug distribution and social harm -- The legal market : prescription and diversion of psychopharmaceuticals -- Strategies and interventions to reduce drug use and related harm : section overview -- Preventing illicit drug use by young people -- Health and social services for drug users -- Supply control -- Criminalization and decriminalization of drug use or possession -- Prescription regimes and other measures to control misuse of psychopharmaceuticals -- Drug policy and control at the international level -- The variety of national drug policies -- Health and social services for drug users : systems issues -- Summary and conclusions.

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    Medical Collection
    WM270 2010D79
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  • 9780199557127
  • 0199557128