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Title:
Drug policy and the public good / Thomas Babor ... [et al.].
Author:
Babor, Thomas.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Call Number:
HV5801 .D616 2010
ISBN:
9780199557127
Physical Description:
xii, 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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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