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| Tipo de documento: | Libro/Texto |
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| Todos autores / colaboradores: |
Steven R Belenko |
| ISBN: | 0313299021 9780313299025 |
| Número OCLC: | 41439673 |
| Descripción: | xxxiv, 380 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contenido: | American drug policy in the 19th century -- Development of hypodermic injection -- Spread of opiate use -- Opium smoking -- Cocaine in the 19th century -- Discovery of heroin -- The early expansion of Federal drug control -- The Harrison Act -- Effects of the Harrison Act on addicts -- Enforcement of the Harrison Act -- Supreme Court decisions on the Harrison Act -- Overview of state anti-drug laws -- Early state anti-drug laws -- Uniform or model state drug laws -- State marijuana laws -- State laws in the 1950s -- State laws since the 1970s -- Marijuana policy: the early years -- Marijuana in the 19th century -- The early 20th century -- Officials take notice: the 1937 marihuana tax act -- American drug policy to World War II -- Narcotic drugs import and export act -- Narcotic farms -- The Federal Bureau of Narcotics -- Controlling opium production -- Drug policy from World War II through the 1950s: the escalation of punishment -- The problems of drug smuggling and teen drug abuse The Boggs Act and the Eisenhower Committee -- The debate over punitive drug laws and the 1956 Narcotic Control Act -- The medicalization of addiction: drug treatment and anti-drug policy -- Addiction "cures" in the 19th century -- Drug treatment from 1900 to 1930 -- The discovery of methadone -- Expansion of drug treatment since the 1950s -- Drug policy in the 1960s and 1970s: a changing view -- Civil commitment laws -- LSD in the 1960s -- The Nixon Administration, the Vietnam War, and the 1970 Drug Control Act -- The Ford and Reagan administrations -- Marijuana policy after the 1960s -- Revisiting harsh marijuana laws -- New federal crackdowns on marijuana -- National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse -- Medical marijuana -- Crack cocaine and drug policy from the 1980s -- Anti-drug Abuse Act of 1986 -- Anti-drug Abuse Act of 1988 -- State anti-crack initiatives -- The national drug control strategies Supreme Court decisions on "no-knock" laws -- The debate over drug legalization -- Historical overview -- The arguments for legalization -- The harm reduction approach -- The arguments against legalization -- Would legalization increase drug use? -- A middle ground?. |
| Título de la serie: | Primary documents in American history and contemporary issues |
| Responsabilidad: | edited by Steven R. Belenko. |
Resumen:
"Debates over the use and abuse of drugs, the laws controlling drugs in this country, and the question of whether or not certain drugs should be legally available have inflamed Americans since the 19th century, and continue to flourish as America attempts to wage its 'war on drugs.' Students can trace the history and development of these arguments, as well as the reactions to them, through this unique collection of over 250 primary documents. Court cases, speeches, laws, opinion pieces, and other documents bring to life the controversies surrounding the issues. Explanatory introductions to documents aid users in understanding the various arguments put forth while illuminating the significance of each document."--BOOK JACKET.
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