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Drug policy and the public good

Babor, Thomas

Drug policy and the public good - Oxford Oxford University Press c2010 - xii, 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. (pbk)

Formerly CIP.

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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271}-324) and index.

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