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Ua12/2/2 Talisman: The Western World, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

1991 Talisman yearbook with the following articles:

• Wilkerson, Brian. A Welcome Home – Homecoming
• Edwards, Cheryl. Spirited Gatherings . . . Halloween Spawns Creativity
• Buckson, Robin. All Shook Up Over Nothing – New Madrid Fault
• Black, Sam. They’ve Got You Covered – Condoms
• Black, Sam. Raising the Roof – Preston Health & Activities Center
• Hardin, Billy. Student Takes Office – Jeff Goff
• Hadley, Kim. President Takes Notes – Thomas Meredith
• Hadley, Kim. STAR Light – Students Together Against Rape
• Hardin, Billy. Can We Talk? – Counseling Center
• White, Robin. A Time to Heal – Children of America / World
• Frecska, …

An Alternative Public Health Vision For A National Drug Strategy: "Treatment Works", Lawrence O. Gostin

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

This article returns to a war waged virtually throughout this century--a war between the theories of punishment and rehabilitation in curtailing the drug epidemic. Today, the terms of the war are recast as supply-side policies based upon law enforcement; destroying crops in source countries; interdiction and increased sentencing; and demand reduction based upon prevention, education, and treatment. The war on drugs has reached a feverish pitch. New policies and statutes have tightened the grip of supply-side policies, with images of battle and hate mongering which go beyond the vilified drug lords and governments which harbor them, to the middle men, …

Ua12/8 Chief News, Wku Police

WKU Archives Records

WKU Police departmental newsletter for 1991.

The Interconnected Epidemics Of Drug Dependency And Aids, Lawrence O. Gostin

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Drug dependence and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are America's two most pressing epidemics, interconnected by a cycle of urban poverty, physical dependence and a culture of sharing needles and syringes. Extant political strategies to curb these interconnected epidemics involve two traditional approaches. The first--law enforcement and interdiction--is designed to limit the supply of illicit drugs to the marketplace. This strategy is advanced by broad criminal sanctions against importing, selling, distributing, medically prescribing, or possessing illicit drugs or drug paraphernalia. The second strategy to combat the drug and HIV epidemics involves reducing the demand for illicit drugs. Education, counseling, and treatment …