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Illicit drugs, despite the “war” waged by the United States government, remain a tremendous drain on the American economy and continue to take their toll on the lives of countless Americans. A comprehensive text with an instructor's manual, Drug Abuse and Social Policy in America analyzes why current US policy on the use of licit and illicit mood-altering drugs has failed. This groundbreaking book addresses differences between decriminalization, legalization, and “zero tolerance”areas and philosophies that are poorly understoodand suggests a multipronged approach to diminish inappropriate drug use. Physicians, health care providers, teachers, law enforcement officers, policymakers, social service providers, and students of public policy and health will gain a better understanding of substance abuse as a societal problem, rather than an individual problem, and see that the billions of dollars spent on law enforcement would be better spent on education, prevention, treatment, and providing alternatives to drug use.
Sommario
Contents
Addressing the Use of Mood Altering Drugs: Defining the Problem
- Alcohol, Tobacco, and Sports: That's Entertainment
- The Pharmaceutical Companies: Profits vs. Responsibility
- Physicians and Pharmacists: Potential Unrealized
- The White Collar Crowd
- The Federal Strategy: A Blueprint for Failure
- Accepting Individual Responsibility
- An Agenda for Action: Diminishing Supply
- An Agenda for Action: Diminishing Demand
- An Agenda for Action: Treatment, Evaluation, and Research
- An Agenda for Action: Protection of Those Who Do Not Use Mood Altering Drugs
- Conclusion
- Index
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Stimmel, Barry
