Off the Street - Legalizing Drugs

Across the world, the impacts on society of drug criminalization have been the same: the costs of controlling substance abuse through criminal law is just too high. Whatever the issues raised by legalization, whatever the questions surrounding regulation, it's time for a new way forward.

Sommario

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 

PART ONE: The End Is In Sight 

1. The War Will Be Over 

2. Regulating Drugs: Permit but Discourage 

PART TWO: Does Cannabis Stand Alone? 

3. Is Marijuana a Special Case? 

PART THREE: A Framework For Regulation 

Introduction

4. Who Should Regulate? 

5. Supply - Hard Choices 

6. The Best Hope - Suppressing Harmful Demand 

7. Legal - But Illegally Used: Prescription Drugs

CONCLUSION: "The Least Bad Policy"

Info autore

W.A. Bogart is Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law at the University of Windsor. He is the author/editor of seven books, including Regulating Obesity?: Government, Society, and Questions of Health. He blogs for the Huffington Post and is a frequent media commentator on the regulation of consumption. He lives in Toronto.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: W a Bogart, W. A. Bogart
• Editore: Dundurn Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781459734975
• ISBN: 978-1-4597-3497-5
• Pagine: 280
• Dimensioni: 124 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Peso: 318 g
• Serie: Point of View; Point of View
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva