Handbook of Drug Control in the United States
- ISBN-10
- 0313261903
- ISBN-13
- 9780313261909
- Category
- Law / General
- Pages
- 421
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Author
- James A. Inciardi
Description
This timely handbook surveys the U.S. government's efforts to control illegal drugs. Inciardi and his contributors offer a useful way of thinking about and understanding the problem of illegal drugs, and provide the history of and research on drug policy so that policy makers have a necessary tool for developing a realistic and effective national drug policy.
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