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Drug Policy and the Public Good$
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Thomas F. Babor, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Griffith Edwards, Benedikt Fischer, David R. Foxcroft, Keith Humphreys, Isidore S. Obot, Jürgen Rehm, Peter Reuter, Robin Room, Ingeborg Rossow, and John Strang

Print publication date: 2009

Print ISBN-13: 9780199557127

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2010

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199557127.001.0001

Framing the issues

Chapter:
(p. 3 ) Chapter 1 Framing the issues
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Drug Policy and the Public Good
Author(s):

Thomas Babor

Jonathan Caulkins

Griffith Edwards

Benedikt Fischer

David Foxcroft

Keith Humphreys

Isidore Obot

Jürgen Rehm

Peter Reuter

Robin Room

Ingeborg Rossow

John Strang

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199557127.003.001

This chapter begins with a brief description of the focus of this book, namely the scientific evidence on the impact of policy responses to drug use. It then discusses why drug policy matters, the meaning of the term drug policy, and four reasons why policymakers and those involved in drug policy should invest precious time in perusal of this volume. An overview of the subsequent chapters is presented.

Keywords:   drug use, drug abuse, drug policy, public health

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