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Drug Control Policy: Essays in Historical and Comparative Perspective

Drug Control Policy: Essays in Historical and Comparative Perspective

Walker III, William O.

Paperback

Series: Issues in Policy History, Book 1

General Political Science

ISBN10: 0271025603
ISBN13: 9780271025605
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: Apr 1 1992
Pages: 188
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.43 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

A detailed look at drug control policy as it has been shaped historically in the United States and other countries, most notably in China and East Asia.

Drug policy has emphasized suppressing drugs at their source by curtailing their distribution, but few policy makers have considered legalization as a remedy. On the other hand, much of drug policy has been a record of bureaucratic infighting and aggrandizement. At the same time, it has reflected nativistic and racial biases. These essays suggest, however, that alternative strategies would not necessarily be any more successful. David Courtwright argues that legalization of drugs would create its own problems. Given the nature of federal policy, institutional structures, and social mores, the authors question whether drug policy could have been otherwise constructed.

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