| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 255 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The search for a new drug policy framework : from the Barbados plan of action to the Ganja Commission / Axel Klein -- Criminalizing cultural practice : the case of ganja in Jamaica / Barry Chevannes -- Drug courts in Jamaica : means to an end or end in itself? / Anthony Harriott and Marlyn Jones -- Drugs and the prison system : impact of legislative changes on the prison crises in the commonwealth Caribbean region / Wendy Singh -- Rethinking privatisation, the state and illegal drugs in the commonwealth Caribbean / Philip Nanton -- Drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation in Jamaica and the Caribbean / Howard Gough -- What's the hook? Diary of a drop-in centre or rehabilitation before abstinence / Marcus Day -- Cayman drug council : practising harm reduction in a zero-tolerance society / Catherine Chestnut -- Ethical dilemmas in drug research : pitfalls of gathering sensitive information in the Caribbean context / Jennifer Hillebrand -- Illicit drug markets in the Caribbean : analysis of information on drug flows through the region / Michael Platzer with Flavio Mirella and Carlos Resa Nestares -- The Ganja industry and alternative development in St Vincent and the Grenadines / Axel Klein |
| Summary |
In recent years Caribbean countries have responded to US pressure by adopting a coordinated policy of criminalizing ganja & crack cocaine usage. This volume assesses the impact of the policy on a population for whom drug usage has been socially acceptable & provides a warning for policy makers elsewhere |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Drug abuse -- Caribbean Area
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Drug abuse -- Caribbean Area -- Prevention
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Drug control -- Caribbean Area
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Drug & substance abuse: social aspects.
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SELF-HELP -- Substance Abuse & Addictions -- General.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Addiction.
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Drug abuse
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Drug abuse -- Prevention
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Drug control
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Caribbean Area
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Klein, Axel, 1961- editor.
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Day, Marcus, editor
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Harriot, Anthony, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781848130579 |
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1848130570 |
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1281258768 |
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9781281258762 |
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1350218901 |
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9781350218901 |
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1848136226 |
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9781848136229 |
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1842771701 |
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9781842771709 |
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9786611258764 |
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6611258760 |
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