Confronting Drug Policy: Illicit Drugs in a Free Society

by Gerald M. Oppenheimer

As the financial and social costs of the war on drugs become increasingly clear, there has been renewed debate about drug control in American society. Why, for instance, do the current policies lump less dangerous drugs with more dangerous ones in making possession of any illegal drug a criminal offense? And why does the United States government spend more on law enforcement to repress drug sales than on treatment for individuals who are addicted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521446627
• ISBN13: 9780521446624
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 379 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"