Retaining the focus and the spirit of the acclaimed First Edition, The Drug Legalization Debate, Second Edition, addresses the major issues involved in the continuing drug legalization debate - including deterrence, treatment, education, and prevention. It also examines drug use trends at the end of the millennium, the use of cannabis as a wonder drug and a look at whether legalizing drugs would really reduce violent crime.

American Drug Policy - James A Inciardi

The Continuing Debate

Alternative Perspectives on the Drug Policy Debate - Duane C McBride, Yvonne M Terry and James A Inciardi

Legalizing Drugs - James A Inciardi

Would It Really Reduce Violent Crime?

The Marijuana Legalization Debate - Michael L Dennis and William White

Is There a Middle Ground?

Cannabis, The Wonder Drug - Lester Grinspoon

Thinking About the Drug Policy Debate - Erich Goode

Why the Drug War Will Never End - Steven Jonas

War Is Still Not the Answer - Karst K Besteman

Commonsense Drug Policy - Ethan A Nadelmann