Legalising drugs [electronic resource] : debates and dilemmas / Philip Bean.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Bristol : Policy, 2010.Description: viii, 157 pISBN:
  • 9781847423764 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 22
LOC classification:
  • HV5840
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in printed form ISBN 9781847423757
Summary: Regularly there are calls to legalise currently illegal drugs. Legalisers argue that the problem is prohibition and that legalisation would solve this problem. This book looks at the implications of the arguments for and against legalisation. Government policy has steadfastly been against drug legalisation, but increasingly critics have argued that this is unsustainable. This book is a timely examination of the issues this raises.Numerous suggestions have been offered. Some seek complete legalisation, others a more modified form, yet still others want an increasing commitment to harm reduction policies.Philip Bean examines the implications of these proposals for individuals, especially juveniles, and for society, when set against crime reduction claims. He concludes with the necessary questions a rational drug policy must answer. The book will be essential reading for students and academics in criminology, sociology and social policy, as well as policy makers, practitioners and the general public.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Regularly there are calls to legalise currently illegal drugs. Legalisers argue that the problem is prohibition and that legalisation would solve this problem. This book looks at the implications of the arguments for and against legalisation. Government policy has steadfastly been against drug legalisation, but increasingly critics have argued that this is unsustainable. This book is a timely examination of the issues this raises.Numerous suggestions have been offered. Some seek complete legalisation, others a more modified form, yet still others want an increasing commitment to harm reduction policies.Philip Bean examines the implications of these proposals for individuals, especially juveniles, and for society, when set against crime reduction claims. He concludes with the necessary questions a rational drug policy must answer. The book will be essential reading for students and academics in criminology, sociology and social policy, as well as policy makers, practitioners and the general public.

Also available in printed form ISBN 9781847423757

Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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