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Addiction Informed Immigration Reform
Addiction Informed Immigration Reform
Rebecca Sharpless
Introduction: Obstacles To The Development And Use Of Pharmacotherapies For Addiction, Richard C. Boldt
Introduction: Obstacles To The Development And Use Of Pharmacotherapies For Addiction, Richard C. Boldt
Richard C. Boldt
No abstract provided.
Addiction Postulates And Legal Causation, Or Who's In Charge, Person Or Brain?, David L. Wallace
Addiction Postulates And Legal Causation, Or Who's In Charge, Person Or Brain?, David L. Wallace
David L Wallace
In this article, I address the persistent confusion over the meaning of a medical diagnosis of drug addiction or substance dependence in the courtroom, specifically in regard to legal judgments about the reasonable legal person, causation, and individual responsibility in civil actions. Using the example of the Engle tobacco litigation in Florida, where the plaintiffs have reduced mind to brain and claimed that the clinical status of addiction excuses or mitigates the smoker’s responsibility for the health consequences of smoking based on brain processes, I examine the conceptual difficulties presented by use of biomedical models of behavior in a legal …
Lawyers, Food, And Money, David L. Wallace
Lies, Damned Lies, And Addictions: The Strange Case Of The Disappearing Person And The Bogey Of Determinism, David L. Wallace
Lies, Damned Lies, And Addictions: The Strange Case Of The Disappearing Person And The Bogey Of Determinism, David L. Wallace
David L Wallace
No abstract provided.
Addiction And Responsibility: Thoughts On The Misuse And Misunderstanding Of Addiction In The Courtroom, David L. Wallace
Addiction And Responsibility: Thoughts On The Misuse And Misunderstanding Of Addiction In The Courtroom, David L. Wallace
David L Wallace
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Punishing Pregnant Drug-Using Women: Defying Law, Medicine, And Common Sense, Jeanne M. Flavin Phd, Lynn M. Paltrow Jd
Punishing Pregnant Drug-Using Women: Defying Law, Medicine, And Common Sense, Jeanne M. Flavin Phd, Lynn M. Paltrow Jd
Jeanne M Flavin
The arrests, detentions, prosecutions, and other legal actions taken against drug-dependent pregnant women distract attention from significant social problems, such as our lack of universal health care, the dearth of policies to support pregnant and parenting women, the absence of social supports for children, and the overall failure of the drug war. The attempts to “protect the fetus” undertaken through the criminal justice system (as well as in family and drug courts) actually undermine maternal and fetal health and discourage efforts to identify and implement effective strategies for addressing the needs of pregnant drug users and their families. In this …
"Drug Treatment Courts In The 21st Century: Improving The Criminal Justice System's Response To Drug Offenses", Peggy Fulton Hora, Theodore Stalcup
"Drug Treatment Courts In The 21st Century: Improving The Criminal Justice System's Response To Drug Offenses", Peggy Fulton Hora, Theodore Stalcup
Peggy Hora
The article demonstrates that the traditional criminal justice system’s response to drug offenses – arrest, trial and incarceration and re-arrest, re-trial and re-incarceration of 70% of offenders within three years – wastes vast economic and human resources. Drug treatment courts, on the other hand, have proven to be strong alternatives to incarceration as well as effective mechanisms for dealing with America’s drug problem. The article addresses criticism of drug treatment courts, including resistance to the disease model of addiction, disputes over efficacy of treatment, legal issues related to purported coercion of treatment, concern over unbridled judicial discretion and ethical issues …
"Merchants Of Discontent:" An Exploration Of The Psychology Of Advertising, Addiction And Its Implications For Commercial Speech, Tamara R. Piety
"Merchants Of Discontent:" An Exploration Of The Psychology Of Advertising, Addiction And Its Implications For Commercial Speech, Tamara R. Piety
Tamara R. Piety
This article compares the psychology of addition and the psychology of advertising and argues that the parallels suggest that some regulation of advertising is in the public interest.