Drug Control Policy: Essays in Historical and Comparative PerspectivePenn State Press, 2004年5月1日 - 188 頁 A detailed look at drug control policy as it has been shaped historically in the United States and other countries, most notably in China and East Asia. Drug policy has emphasized suppressing drugs at their source by curtailing their distribution, but few policy makers have considered legalization as a remedy. On the other hand, much of drug policy has been a record of bureaucratic infighting and aggrandizement. At the same time, it has reflected nativistic and racial biases. These essays suggest, however, that alternative strategies would not necessarily be any more successful. David Courtwright argues that legalization of drugs would create its own problems. Given the nature of federal policy, institutional structures, and social mores, the authors question whether drug policy could have been otherwise constructed. William O. Walker has brought together leading scholars writing in the field to contribute essays that offer broad perspectives on the history of drug policy. They provide a comparative and historical lens through which to view the current debate over drug policy in the United States. |
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... United States — History — 20th century . I. Walker , William O. , 1946- HV5825.D776275 1992 363.4'5'09730904 — dc20 91-45160 CIP Copyright © 1992 The Pennsylvania State University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of ...
... United States WILLIAM B. MCALLISTER 143 Conflicts of Interest in the International Drug Control System Bibliographic Essay 167 WILLIAM O. WALKER III Contributors 175 Editor's Preface This volume , Drug Control Policy : Essays.
... United States and other countries , most notably China and East Asia . In editing this volume , Professor Walker invited leading scholars writing in the field to write essays that offered broad perspectives of the history of drug policy ...
... United States and elsewhere . Admit- tedly , some readers may see them in that light , but the primary intent of the editor and contributors is altogether different . It is , in the best sense of the word , instructive in nature . Six ...
... United States . He finds that the historic , basic assumptions that America's drug problems are largely foreign in origin or are exacer- bated domestically by ethnic minorities have become controlling ones for policymakers . It is ...
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The Politics and Policies of Americas Drug War | 5 |
Drug Legalization the Drug War and Drug Treatment in Historical Perspective | 42 |
A Speculative Essay | 64 |
Opium Tungsten and the Search for National Security 194052 | 89 |
Nativism and Narcotics Control in the United States | 117 |
Conflicts of Interest in the International Drug Control System | 143 |
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Contributors | 175 |