The articles in this volume discuss the following topics: (1) street crime and drug use in American politics; (2) correctional alternatives for drug offenders; (3) the crack era; (4) the effectiveness of drug abuse resistance education; (5) drug treatment in the criminal justice system; (6) the validity of drug use reports from juvenile arrestees; (7) the Medellin Cartel; (8) anti-drug policies of the 1980s, wrongful convictions and sentencing disparities; (9) recent research on the crack/cocaine/crime connection; (10) the social construction of a drug panic; (11) toleration in drug control policy; (12) what might happen if kidnapping becomes a recognized tool of international law enforcement; (13) an analytical framework of the drugs-crime relationship; (14) assessment of asset forfeiture programs; (15) alternatives to drug prohibition; (16) female participation in the cocaine economy; (17) the punitive trend of American drug policy; (18) drug use of San Francisco gang drug sellers; and (19) drugs in rural areas. Notes, figures, tables, references, appendixes, cases cited, bibliography