Drugs and Drug Policy 3/e

Clayton Mosher received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Toronto, and is currently a Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Sociology at Washington State University Vancouver. He is the author of several books and articles in the areas of inequality in criminal justice system processing, drugs and drug policies, and the impact of prison construction on employment. Besides co-authoring the Second Edition of Drugs and Drug Policy, he co-authored the Second Edition of The Mismeasure of Crime (SAGE, 2012) with Terance Miethe and Timothy Hart. Scott Akins is currently a Professor of Sociology at Oregon State University. His research interests include drug use and policy; immigration, drug use and crime; and the intersection of disadvantage, ethnicity, and crime. He is author of Drugs and Drug Policy: The Control of Consciousness Alteration and In the Weeds: Demonization, Legalization, and the Evolution of U.S. Marijuana Policy.

1. Drug Controversies and Demonization 2. Theories of Drug Use 3. The Effects of Drugs: Part I 4. The Effects of Drugs: Part II 5. Patterns of Illegal Drug Use 6. Patterns of Legal Drug Use 7. Drug Prevention Programs 8. Drug Treatment 9. Policies Regulating Legal Drugs, Part I: Alcohol and Tobacco 10. Policies Regulating Legal Drugs, Part II: Prescription and Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Herbal Supplements 11. Policies Regulating Illegal Drugs 12. Drug Policies in Other Countries and U.S. Influence

What this book does effectively is it develops the historical understanding of where we are today with drug policy. -- John Boman * Reviews * The textbook is perhaps one of the most comprehensive resources on drugs and drug policies, with a broad and in-depth range of controversy, psychotropic effects, prevention and treatment efforts, and theory. The content of each chapter is excellent and robust. -- Manuel F. Zamora * Review * This book is written in a way that draws students. This book is an amazing comparison and history of drugs that excludes the governmental propaganda and its bogus studies that the government puts out to scare the American population against drug use while showing the real reasons that the government wanted to keep these drugs illegal and now unmarketable to the general population because of the psychological effects. -- Vicki Lindsay * Review * This is the textbook that we should begin using with students in our Narcotics and Dangerous Substances classes, because it is thorough and easy for students to read. This textbook was the best that I have read dealing with Drug Use, Abuse and Legislation/Policies. The textbook was comprehensive and easy to read. I truly enjoyed it. -- Selena M. Respass