The drug hang-up;: America's fifty-year folly. This is one of the best books ever written on the problem of drug prohibition

The drug hang-up;: America's fifty-year folly. This is one of the best books ever written on the problem of drug prohibition. It is a detailed history of the key American political events and decisions (including the rarely cited opponents, like Hon. John M. Coffee and the inflexible Dr. Thomas P. Ratigan) that eventually led to the current Drug War worldwide. One person found this helpful.

The Drug Hang Up, America's Fifty-Year Folly by Rufus King Chronology, References, Citations . CHAPTER I (Introductory Background and the 1970 Drug Act) General appraisal of the 1960's Brown, Thorvald . The Enigama of Drug Addiction, Thomas, Springfield, I. 1961 Chein, Isadore, and others, The Road to H, Basic Books, New York, 1964 Cohen, Sidney, The Drug Dilemma, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1969 Einstein, Stanley, The Use and Misuse of Drugs, Wadsworth, Belmont, Calif

The Drug Hang Up, America's Fifty-Year Folly by Rufus King Chapter 6 Dr. Behrman, Dr. Linder, and the High Court THE EXEMPTION which Congress wrote into the Harrison Act for medical practitioners has already been set out. So long as doctors were shielded by this clear provision, police.

The Drug Hang Up, America's Fifty-Year Folly by Rufus King Chapter 6 Dr. So long as doctors were shielded by this clear provision, police authorities could not get at the addict who turned to them for help, while, on the other side of the coin, if addicts were able to find relief at the hands of doctors or public-health authorities, the illicit trafficker would have a scant market and little to keep his prices up.

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America's Fifty Year Folly. I had to operate courts for sixteen years in a way that I cannot justify. Published and Distributed throughout the World by CHARLES C THOMAS - PUBLISHER Bannerstone House 301-327 East Lawrence Avenue, Springfield, Illinois, . I could not help realizing in the course of my experience that the legal approach to drug addiction has become just about the most absurd and vicious operation that man can imagine. Murtagh Justice, New York Supreme Court 1971.

The Drug Hang-Up ( 32 Articles ) America's Fifty-Year Folly by Rufus King, 1972. Keep The Faith Baby ( 6 Articles ). A close-up of London's drop-outs By Kenneth Leech (1973). Phantastica ( 9 Articles ). Narcotic and Stimulating Drugs, By Louis Lewin 1924, translated from german. Addiction and Opiates ( 15 Articles ). Addiction and Opiates, by Alfred R. Lindesmith.

King was also the author of several writings, including "Gambling and Organized Crime" (1969), "Drug Hang-up: America's Fifty-Year Folly" (1972) and "Stop the Drug War Now" (1991). During World War II, Rufus served in the United States Coast Guard. From the 1950's, King wrote extensively about organized crime, drug laws and gambling.

The Drug Hang-Up, America’s Fifty-Year Folly (Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1972). Lindesmith, Alfred . The Addict and The Law (New York: Vintage, 1965). Nadelmann, Ethan . ‘Drug Prohibition in the United States: Costs, Consequences, and Alternatives’, Science, vol. 245, 1 September 1989). CrossRefGoogle Scholar. Trebach, Arnold . The Heroin Solution (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1982). Online ISBN 978-1-349-11451-1. eBook Packages Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection. Personalised recommendations.

The Drug Hang Up: America 's Fifty- Year Folly. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas. Policy Analysis No. 208. Washington, DC: Cato Institute.

Last year Rufus King's The Drug Hangup: America's FiftyYear Folly and Edward M. Brecher's Licit and Illicit . Brecher's Licit and Illicit Drugs updated and developed the medicolegal position.