Drug legalization / [print] Scott Barbour, book editor. - San Diego, California : Greenhaven Press, (c)2000. - 186 pages ; 25 cm.



Prohibition is essential to the war on drugs Drug prohibition is effective The war on drugs should focus on reducing the drug supply An international drug prohibition effort is needed Mexico is committed to cooperation with U.S. drug prohibition efforts Drug prohibition is counterproductive Drug prohibition violates civil liberties Drug prohibition is unfair to minorities The U.S. should not pressure other countries to comply with its prohibition efforts Mexico is not committed to cooperation with U.S. drug prohibition efforts The politics of drug policy reform : an overview Drug policies should be liberalized Drugs should be legalized Liberalizing drug policies would reduce crime and violence Drug policies should focus on harm reduction The Dutch example shows that liberal drug laws can be beneficial Drugs should not be legalized The public should oppose drug legalization Drug legalization would lead to increased drug abuse Drug policies should not be based on the harm reduction model Marijuana laws should be relaxed Marijuana should be decriminalized Marijuana should be legalized for medical purposes State medical marijuana laws should be respected Marijuana laws should not be relaxed Marijuana should not be legalized for medical purposes The medical marijuana movement seeks to legitimize all marijuana use State medical marijuana laws should be opposed by John P. Walters and James F.X. O'Gara -- by Donnie Marshall -- by Bill McCollum -- by Barry R. McCaffrey -- by Gustavo Gonzalez-Baez -- by David Boaz -- by Peter McWilliams -- by Jesse Jackson -- by Hal Jones -- by Scott Park -- by Erich Goode -- by Hank Kalet -- by Dirk Chase Eldredge -- by New York County Lawyers' Association Drug Policy Task Force -- by Ethan Nadelmann -- by Craig Reinarman -- by Barry R. McCaffrey -- by A.M. Rosenthal -- by Thomas A. Constantine -- by Herbert D. Kleber and Mitchell S. Rosenthal -- by Ira Glasser -- by Lynn Zimmer -- by Lester Grinspoon -- by Robert Scheer -- by Mark Souder -- by Charles Krauthammer -- by Hanna Rosin -- by Joseph A. Califano Jr.



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Drug legalization--United States.
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