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Tittel:Thoughts on Drug Policy, Public Health, and Crime : More Support for Decriminalization
Ansvar:Douglas Husak
Forfatter:Husak, Douglas
Materialtype:Artikkel - elektronisk
Signatur:Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
Utgitt:Bergen : Universitetet i Bergen, 2018
Omfang:S. 1-19
ISBN/ISSN:1894-4183
Serie:Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice ; 1/2018
Note:Open access.
Innhold:In this paper I describe the nature of my interest in drug policy; discuss questions about whether and why drugs pose a public health problem; present some empirical results that bear on whether drug proscriptions might be justified because of their causal role in contributing to crime; hazard a few observations about how a society should deal with drug problems; and comment on the recent opiate epidemic plaguing much of the United States. My overall conclusion is that a good rationale for drug prohibitions has yet to be found, and the liberal alternative to criminalization, which recommends that drug use be treated as a public health problem, is problematic as well---even though it certainly would be an improvement on the status quo.
Del av verk:Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice 1/2018 (Vol. 6)
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