Anne L. Foster provides a comprehensive overview of the â war on drugs,â its failures and continued appeal, and the international consequences of US drug policy.
Anne L. Foster provides a comprehensive overview of the â war on drugs,â its failures and continued appeal, and the international consequences of US drug policy.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Anne L. Foster is Associate Professor of History at Indiana State University, author of Projections of Power: The United States and Europe in Colonial Southeast Asia, 1919–1941, and coeditor of The American Colonial State in the Philippines: Global Perspectives, both also published by Duke University Press.
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Acknowledgments ix Introduction. The Meaning of Drugs 1 1. The Many Uses of Drugs 5 Part I. The Battle for Prohibition, 1870–1940 15 2. Identifying the Problem 19 3. Deciding on Prohibition 31 4. International Conferences 42 5. Changing Practice and Policy in Medicine and Public Health 55 Part II. To a Declaration of a War on Drugs, 1940–1980 67 6. Opportunities of World War II and Its Aftermath 71 7. US Laws and International Conventions 82 8. Who Is Using? 96 9. War on Drugs Declared 109 Part III. Blurring the Lines, 1980–Present 123 10. Mandatory Minimums 127 11. Environmental Effects of the War on Drugs 139 12. Marijuana’s Different Path 152 13. New Challenges to the War on Drugs 164 Conclusion. Never-Ending War on Drugs? 175 Glossary 179 Notes 181 Suggestions for Further Reading 193 Index 199
Acknowledgments ix Introduction. The Meaning of Drugs 1 1. The Many Uses of Drugs 5 Part I. The Battle for Prohibition, 1870–1940 15 2. Identifying the Problem 19 3. Deciding on Prohibition 31 4. International Conferences 42 5. Changing Practice and Policy in Medicine and Public Health 55 Part II. To a Declaration of a War on Drugs, 1940–1980 67 6. Opportunities of World War II and Its Aftermath 71 7. US Laws and International Conventions 82 8. Who Is Using? 96 9. War on Drugs Declared 109 Part III. Blurring the Lines, 1980–Present 123 10. Mandatory Minimums 127 11. Environmental Effects of the War on Drugs 139 12. Marijuana’s Different Path 152 13. New Challenges to the War on Drugs 164 Conclusion. Never-Ending War on Drugs? 175 Glossary 179 Notes 181 Suggestions for Further Reading 193 Index 199
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