The Irish war on drugs : the seductive folly of prohibition / Paul O'Mahony.

  • O'Mahony, Paul.
Date:
2008
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Publication/Creation

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2008.

Physical description

244 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

(Publisher-supplied data) Philosophy, politics and rhetoric; Three major perspectives: drug-free world/prohibition, drug use as a human right and harm reductionism; Drugs and crime; "Inherent" drug-related crime: the criminal justice system response; The evolving Irish policy on drugs and drug-related crime; A balanced policy? Effective compromise or confused muddle?; The general failure of prohibition to prevent drug use: underlying reasons and key implications; The failure of Irish prohibition; The seductive folly of prohibition; The promise of alternative approaches: the possibility of a Kuhnian paradigm shift in the way we think about drugs

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    History of Medicine
    FCF.47.AA9-10
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  • 0719077907
  • 9780719077906
  • 0719079020
  • 9780719079023