Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-123) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Historical development -- State and local policy -- Objectives of U.S. drug policy -- Supply reduction vs. demand reduction -- 2. America's drug problems -- Overview -- Drug use -- Consequences of drug use -- 3. Current policy -- Overview -- The dynamics of the drug-control budget -- Enforcement -- Treatment -- Prevention -- 4. Policy effectiveness -- Standards of effectiveness -- Enforcement effectiveness -- Source-country control -- Interdiction -- Domestic enforcement -- User sanctions -- Treatment effectiveness -- Prevention effectiveness -- 5. Policy reform -- Domestic enforcement -- Demand-side programs -- Targeting heavy users -- Harm reduction -- Shifting the burden of proof.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"In this book, David Boyum and Peter Reuter provide an assessment of how well the massive investment of tax dollars and government authority is working. Using a market framework, the book discusses the nature and effectiveness of efforts to tackle the nation's drug problems. Drug policy has become increasingly punitive, with the number of drug offenders in jail and prison growing tenfold between 1980 and 2003. Nevertheless, there is strikingly little evidence that tougher law enforcement can materially reduce drug use. By contrast, drug treatment services remain in short supply, even though research indicates that treatment expenditures easily pay for themselves in terms of reduced crime and improved productivity."--Jacket.
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Title
Analytic assessment of U.S. drug policy.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Drug abuse-- Government policy-- United States.
Drug abuse-- Treatment-- Government policy-- United States.