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War on drugs : opposing viewpoints
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- Creator
- Tamara L. Roleff, book editor
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press, 2004
- Physical Details
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- 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780737722857, 0737722851, 9780737722840, 0737722843
- OCLC
- ocm53162555
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-218) and index.
- The war on drugs is succeeding / Asa Hutchinson -- The war on drugs has failed / Matthew B. Stannard -- The war on drugs has reduced the demand for illegal drugs / Edmund F. McGarrell -- The demand for illegal drugs remains strong / Timothy Lynch -- The war on drugs has made law enforcement more effective / Thomas A. Constantine -- The war on drugs has corrupted law enforcement / Joseph D. McNamara, interviewed by Michael W. Lynch -- The war on drugs promotes racism / Deborah Small -- The war on drugs does not promote racism / Heather MacDonald -- Illegal drug use supports terrorism / Asa Hutchinson -- The war on drugs supports terrorism / Eugene Oscapella -- The war on terror must be fought in conjunction with the war on drugs / Robert Novak -- The war on drugs distracts from the war on terror / Eric E. Sterling -- Mandatory minimum sentences are an effective strategy in the war on drugs / David Risley -- Mandatory minimum sentences are unfair / Julie Stewart -- The drug abuse resistance education program reduces drug use / Tim Schennum -- The drug abuse resistance education program is ineffective / Paul Armentano -- Drug courts are a promising solution to the drug problem / Richard S. Gebelein -- Drug courts have not reduced the drug problem / Melissa Hostetler -- Illegal drugs should be legalized / Gary E. Johnson -- Illegal drugs should not be legalized / Ray Wisher -- The distinction between legal and illegal drugs is arbitrary / Andrew Sullivan -- Heroin should be legalized / Bruce Anderson -- Legalizing heroin will harm the poor / Katie Grant -- Marijuana should be legalized / Rich Lowry -- Legalizing marijuana would harm society / Part I: Damon Linker ; Part II: Don Feder -- Marijuana should be legalized for medical use / Ed Rosenthal and Steve Kubby -- Marijuana should not be legalized for medical use / Laura M. Nagel
Subjects
- Drug control -- United States.
- Drug abuse and crime -- United States.
- Drug abuse -- Government policy -- United States.
- Drug abuse -- United States -- Prevention.
- Crime and race -- United States.
- Terrorism -- United States.
- Drug legalization -- United States.
- United States -- Social conditions.
- United States -- Politics and government.