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Book Synopsis
Using the catastrophic failure of the drugs prohibition policy in Ireland as a case study, this book exposes the illusory foundations of the monolithic and seemingly invincible international system of drugs prohibition and the 'war on drugs'. -- .

Table of Contents

List of tables
List of figures
1. Philosophy, politics and rhetoric.
2.Three major perspectives: drugs-free world/prohibition, drug
use as a human right and harm reductionism
3. Drugs and crime
4.‘Inherent’ drug-related crime: the criminal justice system
response
5. The evolving Irish policy on drugs and drug-related crime
6. A balanced policy?: effective compromise or confused muddle?
7.The general failure of prohibition to prevent drug use: underlying reasons and key implications
8.The failure of Irish prohibition
9. The seductive folly of prohibition
10. The promise of alternative approaches
Index

The Irish War on Drugs

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/06/2008
      ISBN13: 9780719077906, 978-0719077906
      ISBN10: 719077907

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Using the catastrophic failure of the drugs prohibition policy in Ireland as a case study, this book exposes the illusory foundations of the monolithic and seemingly invincible international system of drugs prohibition and the 'war on drugs'. -- .

      Table of Contents

      List of tables
      List of figures
      1. Philosophy, politics and rhetoric.
      2.Three major perspectives: drugs-free world/prohibition, drug
      use as a human right and harm reductionism
      3. Drugs and crime
      4.‘Inherent’ drug-related crime: the criminal justice system
      response
      5. The evolving Irish policy on drugs and drug-related crime
      6. A balanced policy?: effective compromise or confused muddle?
      7.The general failure of prohibition to prevent drug use: underlying reasons and key implications
      8.The failure of Irish prohibition
      9. The seductive folly of prohibition
      10. The promise of alternative approaches
      Index

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