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BL
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1015812
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b770182
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MacCoun, Robert J.
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| Title & Author
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Drug war heresies : : learning from other vices, times, and places /\ Robert J. MacCoun, Peter Reuter.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, U.K. ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2001.
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| Series Statement
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RAND studies in policy analysis
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1 online resource (xvi, 479 pages)
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| ISBN
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0511017928
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: 051103847X
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: 1280153156
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: 9780511017926
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: 9780511038471
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: 9780511053719
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: 9780511116537
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: 9780511754272
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: 9781280153150
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: 9786610153152
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0521572630
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052179997X
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9780521572637
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9780521799973
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 410-455) and index.
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| Abstract
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(Publisher-supplied data) This book provides the first multidisciplinary and nonpartisan analysis of how the United States should decide on the legal status of cocaine, heroin and marijuana. It draws on data about the experiences of Western European nations with less punitive drug policies as well as new analyses of America's experience with legal cocaine and heroin a century ago, and of America's efforts to regulate gambling, prostitution, alcohol and cigarettes. It offers projections on the likely consequences of a number of different legalization regimes and shows that the choice about how to regulate drugs involves complicated tradeoffs among goals and conflict among social groups. The book presents a sophisticated discussion of how society should deal with the uncertainty about the consequences of legal change. Finally, it explains, in terms of individual attitudes toward risk, why it is so difficult to accomplish substantial reform of drug policy in America.
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Drug abuse-- Government policy, Cross-cultural studies.
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Drug abuse-- Government policy-- United States.
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Drug control, Cross-cultural studies.
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Drug control-- United States.
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Drug legalization-- United States.
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Drogue, Lutte contre la, Études transculturelles.
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Drogue, Lutte contre la-- États-Unis.
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Drogues-- Légalisation-- États-Unis.
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Toxicomanie-- Politique gouvernementale, Études transculturelles.
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Toxicomanie-- Politique gouvernementale-- États-Unis.
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Betäubungsmittelrecht
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Drogenabhängigkeit
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Drogenmissbrauch
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Drogues-- Légalisation-- États-Unis.
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Drogues-- Légalisation-- Europe de l'Ouest.
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Drogues-- Lutte contre-- États-Unis.
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Drogues-- Lutte contre-- Europe de l'Ouest.
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Drug abuse-- Government policy.
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Drug control.
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Drug legalization.
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Entkriminalisierung
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TRUE CRIME-- General.
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Drug and Narcotic Control.
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Drugsbeleid.
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Cross-Cultural Comparison.
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Legislation, Drug.
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Public Policy.
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United States [MESH]
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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364.1/77/0973
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| LC Classification
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HV5825.M225 2001eb
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| NLM classification
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2009 J-824
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WM 33 AA1M131d 2001
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71.65bcl
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AR 19940rvk
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MS 6410rvk
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| Added Entry
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Reuter, Peter,1944-
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