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Critical Analysis of Drug War Alternatives: Need for a Shift in Personal and Social Values

NCJ Number
127366
Journal
Journal of Drug Issues Volume: 20 Issue: 4 Dated: (Fall 1990) Pages: 679-688
Author(s)
L S Wong
Date Published
1990
Length
10 pages
Annotation
Alternatives to the War on Drugs which perpetuate current social values are insufficient because current social values frustrate human needs in a way that makes wars of persecution inevitable.
Abstract
To end the War on Drugs, people must change personal and eventually social values in order to satisfy those needs. 6 notes and 20 references (Author abstract)

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