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NCJ Number:	141195

Title:	Drug Legalization: For and Against

Date Published:	1992

Page Count:	331

Sponsoring Agency:	Open Court Publishing Co La Salle, IL 61301

Publication Number:	ISBN 0-8126-9184-9

Sale Source:	Open Court Publishing Co 1039 Eighth Street La Salle, IL 61301 United States of America

Type:	Issue Overview

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America

Annotation:	The essays selected for this book encompass virtually every major argument in the debate for and against the legalization of drugs and represent a wide variety of fields, including law, medicine, psychiatry, sociology, economics, and philosophy.

Abstract:	Organized around the central theme of drug legalization, these essays cover a wide variety of opinions and points of view and were selected for their capacity to represent the delicate shadings and nuances of the various opinions. Those articles selected have been written by people who are generally knowledgeable in fields pertinent to the current debate as well as by some who have led this debate. The first selection identifies a series of questions that advocates of a "debate" on legalization or decriminalization of drugs need to answer. Three concluding articles identify some intermediate positions often neglected in the debate about legalization of drugs. 348 footnotes and 29 references

Main Term(s):	Drug law enforcement; Drug legalization

Index Term(s):	Decriminalization; Drug treatment; Law enforcement costs; Political influences



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