[PDF] Should All Drugs Be Legalized eBook

Author : Mattha Busby
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,49 MB
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 0500295689

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The Big Idea series looks at the use of drugs in human society in this timely reexamination of the debate over the legalization of drugs. Combining a unique visual approach with carefully constructed narrative text, this entry in the Big Idea series provides a survey of the history of drug use, a review of the impact of the War on Drugs, an appraisal of the effects of legal versus illegal drugs, and an evaluation of the impact of the decriminalization of drugs. According to archaeological and historical records, ethanol in the form of beer in Sumer and wine in Egypt were first used recreationally at least thirteen thousand years ago, while psychotropic drugs have been used for thousands of years, mainly for religious purposes. This book sets out the history of the use of drugs since the Neolithic age, and explores the evolution of recreational drug use from the mid-eighteenth century on. It considers the danger and social impact of heavy use of legal alcohol or nicotine in contrast to the hazards to health and society associated with illegal drugs. It evaluates the effects of the fifty-year global War on Drugs on the criminal production and trafficking of drugs on the black market and on the abuse, health, and imprisonment of end users. Finally, it argues for the decriminalization of all drugs and the state regulation of the drug market, with suitable controls and regulation for each drug type.

Author : Ted Gottfried
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 19,74 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761313144

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Provides a history of drug use and abuse, presents cases for legalization, decriminalization, and other drug policy reforms, as well as the case for strengthening existing drug policy, and examines policies in other countries.

Author : Rod L. Evans
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 20,72 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780812691849

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Should drugs be legalized? A few years ago this question was not taken seriously by mainstream opinion, but more recently an increasing number of leading figures have spoken out for legalization, and polls show that a growing percentage of the public favors legalization. This book gives a fair and balanced presentation of both sides in the debate over drug legalization, as well as some of the intermediate positions. It contains the most important articles to have appeared from the beginning of the legalization controversy and clearly sets out all the key arguments on both sides. - Back cover.

Author : Doug Husak
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 36,74 MB
Release : 2005-08-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139445855

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In the United States today, the use or possession of many drugs is a criminal offense. Can these criminal laws be justified? What are the best reasons to punish or not to punish drug users? These are the fundamental issues debated in this book by two prominent philosophers of law. Douglas Husak argues in favor of drug decriminalization, by clarifying the meaning of crucial terms, such as legalize, decriminalize, and drugs; and by identifying the standards by which alternative drug policies should be assessed. He critically examines the reasons typically offered in favor of our current approach and explains why decriminalization is preferable. Peter de Marneffe argues against drug legalization, demonstrating why drug prohibition, especially the prohibition of heroin, is necessary to protect young people from self-destructive drug use. If the empirical assumptions of this argument are sound, he reasons, drug prohibition is perfectly compatible with our rights to liberty.

Author : James A. Inciardi
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 11,34 MB
Release : 1999-08-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1506338798

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Retaining the focus and spirit of the widely adopted and acclaimed first edition, The Drug Legalization Debate, Second Edition, offers several alternatives and addresses the major issues involved in the continuing drug legalization debate. This volume delves into the history of drug use and abuse in America and the federal government′s approach to drug control—including deterrence, treatment, education, and prevention. Chapters confront topics such as the decriminalization of marijuana, the risk of the war on drugs, an enlightened legalization policy, and discussion of the ethical and legal dilemmas at stake. Updates of retained chapters and new chapters deal with drug use trends of the ′90s, including the use of cannabis as a wonder drug and a look at whether legalizing drugs would really reduce violent crime. In addition, the second edition features a substantive introduction and closes with Paul Stares′ acclaimed piece titled "Drug Legalization: Time for a Real Debate." Students and professionals in substance abuse, criminology, sociology, psychology, and social work will find this book essential reading.

Author : Jeffrey A. Schaler
Publisher : Contemporary Issues (Prometheu
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,60 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781573921961

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This rich and diverse collection assembles a wide range of views concerning the ongoing and heated debate over drug legalization, decriminalization, and deregulation in America. Essays by William Bennett, Thomas Szasz, George Will, and many others debate the ethical questions, as well as the anthropological, sociological, economic, political, and philosophical perspectives of the issue.

Author : Jefferson M. Fish
Publisher :
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 29,72 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Law
ISBN :

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No wonder the war on drugs is being lost: the warriors' arrows are all pointed in the wrong directions. The black-market-driven effects of prohibition, which include crime and its spiraling scourges as well as death and disease, are overall counterproductive. Ironically, the severe penalties intended to halt serious abuse intimidate the occasional user but not the real target, whose desperate search for consolation in drugs is more result than cause of the misery of marginalization. The rationale for reform, most commonly rooted in a cost/benefit comparison (public harm versus public health) or in the libertarian argument, comprises the first part of this persuasive plea for a paradigm shift and paves the way for the second, on approaches to legalizing drugs.

Author : James A. Inciardi
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 31,91 MB
Release : 1999-08-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0761906908

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This completely revised and updated secong edition of the Drug Legalization Debate continues to address, and offer alternatives to, the major issues.

Author : Karin Swisher
Publisher : Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 21,84 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781565103788

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Examines arguments in support of and against legalizing drugs.

Author : Susan Neiburg Terkel
Publisher : Franklin Watts
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 44,74 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Decriminalization
ISBN : 9780531109441

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Discusses the history of drug laws in the United States and examines the possibilities of drug legalization.