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Lies, damned lies, and drug war statistics :

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0791469751 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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079146976X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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9780791469750 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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9780791469767 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Title Proper

Lies, damned lies, and drug war statistics :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a critical analysis of claims made by the office of National Drug Control Policy /

First Statement of Responsibility

Matthew B. Robinson, Renee G. Scherlen.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xviii, 268 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

23 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-257) and index.

Text of Note

1. Introduction -- Ideology -- Claims-making and moral panics -- Policy analysis -- 2. About America's drug war -- Key historical events in the drug war -- Goals of the drug war -- Agencies that fight the drug war -- Drug war budgets -- 3. Methodology -- What we did -- How we did it -- Data sources -- Limitations of drug data -- 4. Claims of success in reducing drug use -- General drug use trends for adults and youth -- Marijuana -- Cocaine -- Heroin -- Ecstasy -- Other drugs -- ONDCP emphasizes prevention (but does not fund it) -- 5. Claims of success in healing America's drug users and disrupting drug markets -- Claims of success in healing America's drug users -- Claims of success in disrupting drug markets -- 6. Costs of the drug war -- Economic costs -- Nonpunitive drug war? -- Blurring costs of drugs and costs of the drug war -- Deaths -- Emergency room mentions -- Drugs and crime -- 7. A fair assessment of America's drug war -- Reducing drug use -- Healing drug users -- Disrupting illicit drug markets -- Reducing drug-related crime and violence -- Reducing health and social costs to the public -- Costs of the drug war -- Benefits of the drug war -- 8. Conclusions and policy recommendations -- Lessons from history -- Findings -- A fair assessment of America's drug war -- A rational response to ONDCP failure -- Policy implications : evaluating the drug war and using statistics -- Policy implications : drug war.

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United States.

Drug abuse-- Government policy-- United States.

Drug abuse-- United States, Statistics.

Drug control-- United States, Statistics.

Drug control-- United States.

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Book number

Robinson, Matthew B.

Scherlen, Renee G.,1962-

Date of Transaction

20090812120457.0

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