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

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2008.

244 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

(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