This book takes a look at the controversy surrounding the way the U.S. handles illegal drugs and at the debate over whether legalization, treatment, harsher sentences, or some combination of all of these may be the solution.
General Note
Title proper from title frame.
Includes chronology.
Content Note
Illegal drugs--the issues -- American attitudes toward drugs -- The impact of drug use -- Can the flow of drugs be stopped? -- Prison for drug offenders -- Should illegal drugs be legalized? -- Harm reduction and drug treatment -- The war on drugs and the Constitution.