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020 _a0199557128
020 _a9780199557127 (pbk.) :
100 _aBabor, Thomas
245 0 _aDrug policy and the public good
260 _aOxford
_bOxford University Press
_cc2010
300 _axii, 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. (pbk)
500 _aFormerly CIP.
505 _aFraming 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.
520 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [271}-324) and index.
690 _aSubstance Abuse
_98023
690 _aMental Disorders
690 _aGovernment Policy
690 _aLaw and Legislation
999 _c55585
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