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Drug Addiction and Drug Policy
Philip B. Heymann (Ed.)
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Description for Drug Addiction and Drug Policy
Hardcover. This volume is the culmination of five years of impassioned conversations among distinguished scholars in law, public policy, medicine, and biopsychology, about the most difficult questions in drug policy and the study of addictions. Editor(s): Heymann, Philip B.; Brownsberger, William N. Series: Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 line illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 535.
This book is the culmination of five years of impassioned conversations among distinguished scholars in law, public policy, medicine, and biopsychology, about the most difficult questions in drug policy and the study of addictions. As these intensely argued chapters show, the obvious answers are always alluring but frequently wrong.
Do drug addicts have an illness, or is their addiction under their control? Should they be treated as patients, or as criminals? Challenging the conventional wisdom in both the psychiatric community and the enforcement community, the authors show the falsity of these standard dichotomies. They argue that the real ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674003279
SKU
V9780674003279
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About Philip B. Heymann (Ed.)
Philip B. Heymann is James Barr Ames Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. William N. Brownsberger is a Massachusetts State Senator. Until 2007 he was Associate Director for Public Policy at the Division on Addictions, Cambridge Health Alliance, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School. Gene M. Heyman is a research psychologist at McLean Hospital and a Lecturer in Psychology ... Read more
Reviews for Drug Addiction and Drug Policy
This book is first-rate. The command of the research literature is impressive and the wide range of contributors ensures that readers will be exposed to all aspects of the current questions concerning drug policy. From the wonderfully inclusive overview of Philip Heymann's introduction to the highly detailed discussion of data by William Brownsberger on drug users and drug ... Read more