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Drug abuse: opposing viewpoints
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Publication Date
c1994
Language
English
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How serious a problem is drug abuse?
Drug abuse is a serious problem / Mathea Falco
The seriousness of drug abuse may be exaggerated / Sam Staley
Increased heroin use is a serious problem / Mark Miller
Evidence of increased heroin use is inconclusive / Mark A.R. Kleiman & Jonathan P. Caulkins
Cocaine abuse is a serious problem / Charlie Knox
Cocaine abuse is not a serious problem / Bruce Alexander
How should the war on drugs be waged?
The war on drugs should be prosecuted more vigorously / Joseph D. Douglass Jr.
The war on drugs should be abandoned / Daniel K. Benjamin & Roger Leroy Miller
International measures can help win the war on drugs / Melvyn Levitsky
The international war on drugs is a failure / Peter Andreas & Eva Bertram
Military efforts to stop drug trafficking are effective / Dale E. Brown
Military efforts to stop drug trafficking are ineffective / Center for Defense Information
Should drug testing be used in the workplace?
Employees should be tested for drug use / G. John Tysse & Garen E. Dodge
Employees should not be tested for drug use / Glenn Berrien
Random drug testing in the workplace is fair / Robert L. Dupont
Random drug testing in the workplace is unfair / Eric Neisser
How should prescription drugs be regulated?
Increased regulation of prescription drugs is necessary / Pete Stark
Increased regulation of prescription drugs is unnecessary / James R. Cooper ... [et al.]
Advertising prescription drugs is beneficial / Paul H. Rubin
Prescription drug advertising is harmful / Eric P. Cohen
Drug companies' profits are excessive / Viveca Novak
Drug companies' high profits are justified / Richard J. Kogan
How can drug abuse be reduced?
Legalization would reduce the drug problem / Ethan A. Nadelmann
Legalization would not reduce the drug problem / Mitchell S. Rosenthal
Increasing federal funding for treatment programs will reduce drug abuse / George M. Anderson
Increasing federal funding for treatment programs will not reduce drug abuse / Jeffrey A. Eisenach & Andrew J. Cowin
Community involvement can reduce drug abuse / Mathea Falco
Methods used by the military could reduce drug abuse / Lester David.
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9781565100602
156510059
156510059
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