The Long War on Drugs
"Since the early twentieth century, the United States has led a global prohibition effort against certain drugs in which production restriction and criminalization are emphasized over prevention and treatment as means to reduce problematic drug usage. This "war on drugs" is widely see...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Durham, North Carolina :
Duke University Press
[2023]
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| Edition: | First edition |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009792970706719 |
Table of Contents:
- The Meaning of Drugs
- The Many Uses of Drugs
- The Battle for Prohibition, 1890-1940
- Identifying the Problem, 1880-1900
- Deciding on Prohibition, 1898-1909
- International Conferences, 1909-1936
- Changing Practice and Policy in Medicine and Public Health
- To a Declaration of War on Drugs, 1940-1980
- Opportunities of World War II and Its Aftermath
- US Laws and International Conventions, 1945-1970
- Who Is Using? 1950-1990
- War on Drugs Declared
- Blurring the Lines, 1980-Present
- Mandatory Minimums
- Eradicating Drugs and the Environment
- Marijuana's Different Path
- New Challenges to the War on Drugs
- Never-Ending War on Drugs?
