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Synopsis
Recreational drug users (other than those who take harmful substances like alcohol and tobacco) are regularly imprisoned. Nearly half a million drug offenders are incarcerated in US jails, more than the total number of prisoners in 1980 and more than the entire EU prison population. In some states more is spent on maintaining the prison system than on education. Current drug policies lead to immense personal suffering, as well as police corruption, organized crime, and contempt for the law, and make drugs more dangerous because they are illegal and thus not subject to proper controls. Politicians from all sides of the political spectrum are beginning to ask: is it worth it?
In arguing that criminalization is unjust, Douglas Husak explodes many of the myths that surround drug use. In some years, more than half of high school seniors take drugs, yet the US is not overrun with drug-crazed addicts. Horror stories of the dangers of drug use abound, but the truth is more prosaic; although recreational drugs are sometimes bad for users, there are between 80 and 90 million US citizens who have used illicit drugs without ill effects.
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À propos de l?auteur
Douglas Husak is Professor of Philosophy and Law at Rutgers University. He is the author of Drugs and Rights and Philosophy of Criminal Law.
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- ÉditeurVerso Books
- Date d'édition2002
- ISBN 10 1859846637
- ISBN 13 9781859846636
- ReliureRelié
- Langueanglais
- Nombre de pages200
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Legalize This!: The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs
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Verso, 2002
ISBN 10 : 1859846637
ISBN 13 : 9781859846636
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Legalize this!
Edité par
Verso., 2002
ISBN 10 : 1859846637
ISBN 13 : 9781859846636
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tapa blanda. Etat : Bien. Drug legalization., United States., Drogues Legalize this! : the case for decriminalizing drugs Verso. London. 2002. 22 cm. 224 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Douglas N. Husak. [Legalise this. ]. Practical ethics series. Practical ethics. Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-193) and index. Online version:: Husak, Douglas N. , 1948- Legalize this! London ; New York : Verso, 2002 Local: (OCoLC)605894025. Contents 1. Understanding drug policy -- Conflicting anecdotes -- Asking the right question -- A few bad answers -- The concept of a drug -- Drug policy preliminaries -- Punishment as policy -- The right answer : decriminalization of drug use -- 2. Reasons for criminalizing drug use -- Possible good answers -- Drugs and children -- Drugs and crime -- Drugs and health -- Drugs and immorality -- 3. Disadvantages of prohibition -- Positive effects of drugs -- Negative effects of prohibition -- The world of decriminalized drugs -- Harms versus benefits -- Getting there . ISBN: 1859846637; 1859843204(pbk.) (=3206151=) LR190. N° de réf. du vendeur 3206151
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