| Description |
xii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Framing the issues -- Matters of substance -- The international dimensions of drug use -- Harms associated with illicit drug use -- Illegal markets : the economics of drug distribution and social harm -- The legal market : prescription and diversion of psychopharmaceuticals -- Strategies and interventions to reduce drug use and related harm : section overview -- Preventing illicit drug use by young people -- Health and social services for drug users -- Supply control -- Criminalization and decriminalization of drug use or possession -- Prescription regimes and other measures to control misuse of psychopharmaceuticals -- Drug policy and control at the international level -- The variety of national drug policies -- Health and social services for drug users : systems issues -- Summary and conclusions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page [271}-324) and index |
| Subject |
Drug control.
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Substance abuse -- Government policy.
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| Author |
Babor, Thomas.
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| LC no. |
2009039607 |
| ISBN |
9780199557127 (alk. paper) |
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0199557128 (alk. paper) |
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