Legalizing Drugs

Author : Doug Husak
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139445855
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legalization of Drugs written by Doug Husak and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-08-29 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States today, the use or possession of many drugs is a criminal offense. Can these criminal laws be justified? What are the best reasons to punish or not to punish drug users? These are the fundamental issues debated in this book by two prominent philosophers of law. Douglas Husak argues in favor of drug decriminalization, by clarifying the meaning of crucial terms, such as legalize, decriminalize, and drugs; and by identifying the standards by which alternative drug policies should be assessed. He critically examines the reasons typically offered in favor of our current approach and explains why decriminalization is preferable. Peter de Marneffe argues against drug legalization, demonstrating why drug prohibition, especially the prohibition of heroin, is necessary to protect young people from self-destructive drug use. If the empirical assumptions of this argument are sound, he reasons, drug prohibition is perfectly compatible with our rights to liberty.

Author : Karin Swisher
Publisher : Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781565103788
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legalizing Drugs written by Karin Swisher and published by Greenhaven Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1996 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines arguments in support of and against legalizing drugs.

Author : Jonathan Paul Caulkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190262400
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marijuana Legalization written by Jonathan Paul Caulkins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know provides readers with a non-partisan primer covering everything from the risks and benefits of using marijuana to what is happening with marijuana laws around the world. This book serves as the price of admission for any serious discussion about marijuana legalization.

Author : Stuart A. Kallen
Publisher : Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780737724097
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legalizing Drugs written by Stuart A. Kallen and published by Greenhaven Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2006 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the government spends over $21 billion a year to rid the nation of drugs, pro-legalization forces argue that the war on drugs is a mistake. Legalizing Drugs explores mandatory minimum sentencing, public safety, medical marijuana, and the hazards of legalization with articles presenting opinions on both side of the issue.

Author : Rod L. Evans
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780812691849
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drug Legalization written by Rod L. Evans and published by Open Court Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Should drugs be legalized? A few years ago this question was not taken seriously by mainstream opinion, but more recently an increasing number of leading figures have spoken out for legalization, and polls show that a growing percentage of the public favors legalization. This book gives a fair and balanced presentation of both sides in the debate over drug legalization, as well as some of the intermediate positions. It contains the most important articles to have appeared from the beginning of the legalization controversy and clearly sets out all the key arguments on both sides. - Back cover.

Author : John Collins
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009079239
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legalising the Drug Wars written by John Collins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where did the regulatory underpinnings for the global drug wars come from? This book is the first fully-focused history of the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the bedrock of the modern multilateral drug control system and the focal point of global drug regulations and prohibitions. Although far from the propagator of the drug wars, the UN enabled the creation of a uniform global legal framework to effectively legalise, or regulate, their pursuit. This book thereby answers the question of where the international legal framework for drug control came from, what state interests informed its development and how complex diplomatic negotiations resulted in the current regulatory system, binding states into an element of global policy uniformity.

Author : James A. Inciardi
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1452264821
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Drug Legalization Debate written by James A. Inciardi and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 1999-08-27 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retaining the focus and the spirit of the acclaimed First Edition, The Drug Legalization Debate, Second Edition, addresses the major issues involved in the continuing drug legalization debate - including deterrence, treatment, education, and prevention. It also examines drug use trends at the end of the millennium, the use of cannabis as a wonder drug and a look at whether legalizing drugs would really reduce violent crime.

Author : Mark D. Friedman
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN 13 : 143296206X
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legalization of Drugs written by Mark D. Friedman and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2012 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the issues surrounding the controversial idea of legalizing certain types of drugs in the United States.

Author : Doug Husak
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521837866
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legalization of Drugs written by Doug Husak and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-08-29 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents two philosophical views on the legalization of drugs.

Author : Ted Gottfried
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN 13 : 9780761313144
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Should Drugs Be Legalized? written by Ted Gottfried and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a history of drug use and abuse, presents cases for legalization, decriminalization, and other drug policy reforms, as well as the case for strengthening existing drug policy, and examines policies in other countries.