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Books on: (drug or drugs) and (legalization or decriminalization)

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Our Right to Drugs: The Case for a Free Market

Book by Thomas Szasz; Praeger Publishers, 1992

Subjects:

Drug Legalization--United States, Narcotics, Control Of--Moral And Ethical Aspects, Narcotics, Control Of--United States, Pharmaceutical Policy--United States

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...where the support for drug legalization qua medicalization dovetails...conduct would justify the legal drug users psychiatric confinement...so, as he asserts that "drug abuse has become an escape...statist-medical control of drugs and drug users. "The concept...names--legalization, decriminalization, or narcotics-by-regulation...
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Drug War Heresies: Learning from Other Vices, Times, and Places

Book by Robert J. Maccoun, Peter Reuter; Cambridge University Press, 2001

Subjects:

Drug Abuse--Government Policy--Cross-Cultural Studies, Drug Abuse--Government Policy--United States, Drug Legalization--United States, Narcotics, Control Of--Cross-Cultural Studies, Narcotics, Control Of--United States

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...an important aspect of the legalization debate; it biases the decision...assessing legalization, decriminalization, prohibition, and their...associated with current U. S. drug policies, though their divisiveness...discussion. A TAXONOMY OF DRUG-RELATED HARMS 1 No drug policy is without adverse...
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After Prohibition: An Adult Approach to Drug Policies in the 21st Century

Book by Timothy Lynch; Cato Institute, 2000

Subjects:

Drug Abuse--Government Policy--United States, Drug Legalization--United States, Narcotics And Crime--United States, Narcotics, Control Of--United States, United States--Foreign Relations, United States--Politics And Government

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...drugs being a bad choice. Drugs are a handicap. But should...go to jail for just doing drugs? That is the reality of...Ive been talking about legalization and not decriminalization. Legalization means we educate...estimated $400 billion a year drug industry. Thats larger than...get the entire economy of drugs above the line. So thats...
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Guidelines for Implementing and Evaluating the Portuguese Drug Strategy

Book by Ineke Van Beusekom, Mirjam Van Het Loo, James P. Kahan; Rand, 2002

Subjects:

Drug Abuse--Government Policy--Portugal, Drug Legalization--Portugal, Narcotic Habit--Government Policy--Portugal, Narcotics, Control Of--Portugal

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...of options for its drug policy. The options...prohibition of all drugs on one end, and full...to sell and consume drugs on the other end...distinctions between legalization and different forms of decriminalization moving prohibition...well as hard and soft drugs. Portugal moved back...starting with legal drug use in the 1920s...
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Prohibition's Second Failure: The Quest for a Rational and Humane Drug Policy

Book by Theodore R. Vallance; Praeger Publishers, 1993

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Drug Abuse--Government Policy--United States, Drug Legalization--United States, Narcotics, Control Of--United States

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Decriminalization typically refers...also be realized. Legalization implies that acts...currently illegal drugs, precipitate legalization...back on" if the decriminalization shows signs of going...on the subject of legalization. The three richest...Case for Legalizing Drugs , and a 1991 set...James Inciardi, The Drug Legalization Debate...

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Journal Articles on: (drug or drugs) and (legalization or decriminalization)

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Four Points about Drug Decriminalization

Journal article by Douglas Husak; Criminal Justice Ethics, Vol. 22, 2003

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Decriminalization--Analysis

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...decisions to use drugs. Predictions about drug use after decriminalization are confounded...disassociate their drug products from illicit drugs. Decriminalization may lead pharmaceutical...confident. After decriminalization, those who use illicit drugs will not face...The lives of drug users would not...
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On the Decriminalization of Drugs

Journal article by George Sher; Criminal Justice Ethics, Vol. 22, 2003

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Decriminalization--Evaluation

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On the Decriminalization of Drugs. by George Sher In his...paper, "Four Points About Drug Decriminalization...arguments for criminalizing drugs are any good, and, second...is little evidence that drug laws deter drug use. In...
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Effects of Cannabis Decriminalization in the Australian Capital Territory on University Students' Patterns of Use

Journal article by Jill McGeorge, C. K. Aitken; Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 27, 1997

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Australia, College students, Criminal law, Drugs

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...Effects of Cannabis Decriminalization in the Australian...prohibition on psychotropic drugs that currently exists...international solidarity in drug policy is very much...Non-Medical Use of Drugs (1979); the Australian...Committee on HIV, Illegal Drugs, and Prostitution...Victorian Premiers Drug Advisory Council...exceptions. Cannabis Decriminalization in Australia In April...
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An Extensional Approach to Drug Legalization

Journal article by Martin H. Levinson; et Cetera, Vol. 60, 2003

Subjects:

Drug legalization, Drug policy, Questionnaires, Semantics

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...alternatives to our current drug policies. What are...suggestion? 42. Would a decriminalization policy for certain drugs have greater benefits than legalization - what drugs, what benefits, how...Instead of legalizing drugs, would it be cheaper...to prevent and treat drug abuse - how would costs...
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"Sending the Wrong Message": Did Medical Marijuana Legalization in California Change Attitudes about and Use of Marijuana?

Journal article by Shereen Khatapoush, Denise Hallfors; Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 34, 2004

Subjects:

Adults, Attitudes, California, Children & youth, Drug legalization, Drug use, Marijuana

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...towards marijuana legalization (legal) and medical...outcome is use of other drugs in the past year (other drugs: 12-month); past month other drug use was not asked...several studies on decriminalization and marijuana use...yes, in favor of legalization. 5 Correlations not...reports of other drug use were lower. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...

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Magazine Articles on: (drug or drugs) and (legalization or decriminalization)

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Drug Decriminalization Has Failed? It Just Ain't So!

Magazine article by David Boaz; Freeman, Vol. 61, September 2011

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Crime, Drug addiction, Drug legalization, Drug trafficking, Libertarianism, Prisoners, Prisons

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Drug Decriminalization Has Failed? It Just Aint...for his endorsement of drug legalization in the Republican presidential...eat and drink, to what drugs they use. And he mocked...candidate who visited a rural drug treatment center outside...
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The Case for Drug Legalization : We Need to Make Drugs a Controlled Substance Just like Alcohol

Magazine article by Gary E. Johnson; World and I, Vol. 15, February 2000

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Cost benefit analysis--Social aspects, Decriminalization--Planning, Legalization of narcotics--Social aspects, Narcotics control--Laws, regulations and rules, Narcotics legalization--Social aspects, Narcotics, Control of--Laws, regulations and rules, Pharmaceutical policy--Laws, regulations and rules

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...think the facts boil down to drugs being a bad choice. But...go to jail for just doing drugs? That is the reality of...Ive been talking about legalization and not decriminalization. Legalization means we educate...estimated $400 billion a year drug industry. Thats larger than...educate. We need to make drugs controlled substances just...
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Critics Scapegoat the Antidrug Laws; Advocates Pushing for Decriminalization of Drug Use Blame the War on Drugs for Creating an 'Incarceration Nation.' but a Hard Look at the Facts Proves Otherwise

Magazine article; Insight on the News, November 10, 2003

Subjects:

Legalization of narcotics--Social aspects, Narcotic laws--Interpretation and construction

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...Advocates pushing for decriminalization of drug use blame the war on drugs for creating...advocates of decriminalization of illegal drug use assert that...because of bad drug laws resulting...to use illegal drugs. But that infraction...
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The Drug War Is a Crime: Let's Try Decriminalization

Magazine article by Peter J. Riga; Commonweal, Vol. 120, July 16, 1993

Subjects:

Legalization of narcotics--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...deprivation and drug use. The problem...come to legalize drugs. The legalization I envision would...controlled sale of drugs would not only reduce...is worth taking. Drug legalization in England and Holland...slight increase in drug use in those countries...associated with drugs has decreased...
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Drug Legalization: Time for a Real Debate

Magazine article by Paul B. Stares; Brookings Review, Vol. 14, Spring 1996

Subjects:

Drug abuse and crime--Analysis, Legalization of narcotics--Analysis

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...interchangeably with "decriminalization," which usually...Others equate legalization, at least implicitly...legally available drugs are subject to...dramatic increase in drug use is considered...lifted, and that decriminalization of cannabis use...buttress the pro-legalization case. Neither...States the effect of decriminalization at the state level...of the legalized drugs did not increase...risk of higher drug consumption might...

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Newspaper Articles on: (drug or drugs) and (legalization or decriminalization)

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They Just Said No; Voters Rejected Drug Decriminalization Nationwide

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 26, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...no; Voters rejected drug decriminalization nationwide Byline: Jim McDonough...hemp. The debacle for the legalization movement was even more disastrous...weakened existing anti-drug laws. The legalizers were...based rejection of the drug normalization campaign begun...1996 in the nations West, drug decriminalization advocates...wage a "war on the war on drugs." Perceiving a political...
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Hitting the Cartels Where It Hurts; Legalization of Marijuana Would End Drug Profiteering and Violence

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), August 8, 2011

Subjects:

Legalization of narcotics, Marijuana, Narcotics legalization, Violence

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the Cartels Where It Hurts; Legalization of Marijuana Would End Drug Profiteering and Violence...WASHINGTON TIMES Imagine you are a drug lord in Mexico, making unfathomable...Probably not. But what if that drug lord opened his newspaper and...the cartels trying to move drugs across that same border, resulting...
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GOP Field Has Own 'Change' Ideas; from Drug Legalization to Scrapping Tax Code, Candidates Float Major Reforms

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), May 11, 2011

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Johnson, Gary E.--International economic relations, Johnson, Gary E.--Political activity, Johnson, Gary E.--Tax policy, Legalization of narcotics--Political aspects, Narcotics legalization--Political aspects, Paul, Ron--International economic relations, Paul, Ron--Political activity, Paul, Ron--Tax policy, Political parties, Republican Party (United States)--Political aspects, Tax law--Political aspects, Tax policy--Political aspects, Tax reform--Political aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Has Own Change Ideas; from Drug Legalization to Scrapping Tax Code, Candidates...legalize prostitution or hard drugs, including cocaine and heroin...and regulate the sale of the drug. And Mr. Trump, who has...should be able to legalize drugs if they choose and his plan...
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McCaffrey Resolute: No Pot as Medicine: Calls Decriminalization 'Buffoonery'

Newspaper article by Laura R. Vanderkam; The Washington Times, June 17, 1999

Subjects:

McCaffrey, Barry

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...as medicine: Calls decriminalization buffoonery by Laura...Clinton administrations drug-control chief says...referendums are a front for legalization, which he says the...opposition to making these drugs more available to our...White House National Drug Policy Director Barry...congressional hearing on drug policy yesterday...The problem with drugs isnt that theyre illegal...
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Legalization of Some Drugs Is Worth a Try

Newspaper article by Fred Reed; The Washington Times, April 29, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Legalization of some drugs is worth a try...The junkie would receive his drugs, and perhaps have to administer...class folk would want to try drugs badly enough to register...question is straightforward. Drugs exact an enormous toll on society...The jails are jammed with drug offenders, the morgues with...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: (drug or drugs) and (legalization or decriminalization)

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Drug Addiction and Drug Abuse

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...in many states. Legalization and Decriminalization The concept of controlling drugs is a relatively...people argue that if drugs were legalized...Prohibition), drug trafficking and...polled have thought legalization a bad idea. Those...would encourage drug use, that people...still steal to buy drugs, and that many...a black market. Decriminalization is the elimination...
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Marijuana

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and LSD as a Schedule I drug, i.e., having the...borders. The "war on drugs" thus brought with it...Beginning in 1982 the Drug Enforcement Administration...1972); E. Marshal, Legalization (1988); M. S. Gold...publications of the Drugs Crime Data Center and...Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information...
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Rangel, Charles Bernard

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...on narcotics. Rangel has worked to improve affirmative action and to combat international drug trafficking, adamantly opposing narcotics legalization. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with...
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Euthanasia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...certain common methods of treatment, such as antibiotics, drugs, or surgery, are withheld or a large quantity of needed...from terminal cases. Popular movements have supported the legalization of the living will , a statement written by a mentally alert...

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