Illicit Drug Policies, Trafficking, and Use the World Over

Informationen zum Autor By Caterina Gouvis Roman; Heather Ahn-Redding and Rita J. Simon Klappentext Focusing specifically on cannabis, cocaine, and heroin, the contributors to this volume present a brief history and analysis of the current laws and policies regarding illicit drugs-widely considered to be a growing international health threat-in 25 different countries. Illicit Drug Policies, Trafficking, and Use the World Over provides a wide breadth of valuable data and analysis for both scholars and students of this seemingly intractable social, legal, and political problem. Zusammenfassung Focusing on cannabis! cocaine! and heroin! this volume presents a brief history and analysis of the laws and policies regarding illicit drugs - considered to be a growing international health threat - in 25 different countries. It also provides data and analysis for both scholars and students of this social! legal! and political problem. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Definition of Drug Use Chapter 3 Drugs Today Chapter 4 North America: United States, Canada, Mexico Chapter 5 Central and South America: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica Chapter 6 Western Europe: Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands Chapter 7 Eastern Europe: Russia, Poland, Bulgaria, Slovak Republic Chapter 8 Middle East: Iran, Israel Chapter 9 Asia: China, Japan, India, Thailand Chapter 10 Africa: South Africa, Nigeria Chapter 11 The Pacific: Australia Chapter 12 Concluding Remarks

Product details

• Authors: Heather Ahn-Redding, Ahn-Redding Heather, Caterina Gouvis Roman, Caterina Gouvis Ahn-Redding Roman, Roman Caterina Gouvis, Rita J. Simon
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.04.2005
• EAN: 9780739109984
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0998-4
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Global Perspectives on Social Issues
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, Drugs and alcohol: social aspects