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An Alternative Public Health Vision For A National Drug Strategy: "Treatment Works", Lawrence O. Gostin
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, …
The Interconnected Epidemics Of Drug Dependency And Aids, Lawrence O. Gostin
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 …