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List of Figures and Tables |
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Acknowledgments |
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PART I: OVERVIEW |
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1 | (38) |
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1 | (14) |
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3 | (2) |
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5 | (5) |
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Assessing the Alternatives |
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10 | (5) |
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Drug Prohibition: American Style |
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15 | (24) |
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15 | (6) |
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21 | (3) |
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24 | (8) |
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32 | (6) |
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38 | (1) |
PART II: THE ARGUMENTS |
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39 | (89) |
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39 | (16) |
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42 | (6) |
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48 | (2) |
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Why Have Legalizers Had So Little Impact? |
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50 | (4) |
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54 | (1) |
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Philosophical Underpinnings |
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55 | (17) |
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Consequentialist vs. Deontological Arguments |
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56 | (2) |
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58 | (4) |
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Alternatives to Liberalism |
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62 | (9) |
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71 | (1) |
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How Does Prohibition Affect Drug Use? |
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72 | (29) |
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The Economics of Drug Demand |
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76 | (2) |
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Deterrence: The Fear of Legal Sanctions |
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78 | (8) |
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Informal Self and Social Controls |
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86 | (6) |
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92 | (2) |
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94 | (7) |
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How Does Prohibition Affect Drug Harms? |
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101 | (27) |
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A Taxonomy of Drug-Related Harms |
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102 | (10) |
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The Implementation of Prohibition and Specific Harms |
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112 | (15) |
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127 | (1) |
PART III: THE EVIDENCE |
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128 | (172) |
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Other Vices: Prostitution and Gambling |
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128 | (28) |
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129 | (14) |
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143 | (13) |
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Other Substances: Alcohol and Cigarettes |
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156 | (27) |
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157 | (12) |
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169 | (12) |
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181 | (2) |
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U.S. Experience with Legal Cocaine and Heroin |
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183 | (22) |
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184 | (12) |
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196 | (6) |
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202 | (3) |
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Learning from European Experiences |
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205 | (33) |
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Characterizing Drug Policy |
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207 | (3) |
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210 | (3) |
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Laws and Their Enforcement |
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213 | (8) |
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The Prevalence of Drug Use |
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221 | (9) |
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Italy's ``Natural Experiment'' with Depenalization |
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230 | (6) |
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236 | (2) |
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Cannabis Policies in The Netherlands |
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238 | (27) |
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Characterizing Dutch Cannabis Policy |
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239 | (12) |
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251 | (12) |
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Interpreting the Dutch Experience and Other Analogies |
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263 | (2) |
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265 | (35) |
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Needle Exchange and Treatment Programs in Europe |
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265 | (7) |
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Evaluating the Harm Reduction Approach: The Netherlands |
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272 | (6) |
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278 | (8) |
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286 | (11) |
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297 | (3) |
PART IV: ASSESSING THE ALTERNATIVES |
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300 | (110) |
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Summary of the Evidence and a Framework for Assessment |
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300 | (28) |
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Interpreting the Analogies |
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300 | (10) |
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310 | (7) |
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Outcomes: Total Harm and Its Components |
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317 | (2) |
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The Necessity of Value Judgments |
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319 | (6) |
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325 | (3) |
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Projecting the Consequences of Alternative Regimes |
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328 | (43) |
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Projections for Cocaine and Heroin |
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328 | (13) |
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341 | (15) |
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The Basis for Continued Cannabis Prohibition |
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356 | (10) |
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366 | (5) |
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Obstacles to Moving Beyond the Drug War |
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371 | (39) |
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Uncertainty and the Legalization Debate |
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372 | (3) |
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375 | (10) |
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The Strict Allegiance to Use Reduction |
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385 | (16) |
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How Firm Is the Resistance to Change? |
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401 | (3) |
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Can America Treat and Prevent Its Way out of Drug Problems? |
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404 | (4) |
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On Doing Less: Drug Policy in Moderation and Some Nonzero Tolerance |
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408 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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410 | (46) |
Data Sources for Figures |
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456 | (3) |
Author Index |
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459 | (11) |
Subject Index |
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