This report provides a stimulating review of the debate on the relationship on drug use and crime and argues that the development of social and economic opportunities is as essential an element in any comprehensive drugs strategy ...
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Drugs, Crime, and the Justice System
This is a book for 'thinking' practitioners and those concerned with creating local multiagency policy or working with drug users and offenders selling or using drugs.
In this book, Howard Rahtz outlines a series of drug policy steps buttressed by a historical review of drug policy measures, a review of international efforts against trafficking, and a clear understanding of the dynamics of addiction and ...
It is past time for a new direction. This book provides a drug policy framework that will choke off the revenue supporting the illegal drug market.
This book looks at the history of drug laws in the United States, the modern-day War on Drugs, and the medical marijuana movement. It provides the opinions and perspectives of police officers, politicians, and the U.S. "drug czar."
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An entire chapter is devoted to chronicling how the $500 billion a year that is paid for these drugs - more than the GDP of all but the world's seven richest nations - is efficiently laundered.
This book is a major contribution to this debate, and provides an authoritative and much-needed overview of the range of issues associated with drugs-related crime.
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