Drug Abuse and Social Policy in America : The War That Must Be Won

ISBN-13: 9780789060310 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 232 str.

Barry Stimmel

Opis

An analysis of US drug policy addressing the differences between decriminalization, legalization, and zero tolerance while arguing for an understanding of drug abuse as a societal rather than individual problem. Stimmel (Dean, graduate medical education, Mount Sinai School of Medicine) draws attention to the alcohol, tobacco, and sports industrie

Spis treści

Contents
Addressing the Use of Mood Altering Drugs: Defining the Problem

• Alcohol, Tobacco, and Sports: That's Entertainment
• The Pharmaceutical Companies: Profits vs. Responsibility
• Physicians and Pharmacists: Potential Unrealized
• The White Collar Crowd
• The Federal Strategy: A Blueprint for Failure
• Accepting Individual Responsibility
• An Agenda for Action: Diminishing Supply
• An Agenda for Action: Diminishing Demand
• An Agenda for Action: Treatment, Evaluation, and Research
• An Agenda for Action: Protection of Those Who Do Not Use Mood Altering Drugs
• Conclusion
• Index

O autorze

Stimmel, Barry