Drug War American Style: The Internationalization of Failed Policy and its AlternativesJurg Gerber, Eric L. Jensen This collection of scholarly essays discusses the internationalization of American drug policy from a variety of perspectives and features articles on Hong Kong, Britain, Australia, Canada, Taiwan, Latin America, the Netherlands and Switzerland. |
Contents
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American Influence on British Drug Policy | 79 |
Drug Policy in AustraliaOur Own? | 97 |
Drug War Canadian Style | 121 |
An American Model | 149 |
Ten Years in a Quagmire | 169 |
Exporting the Drug War to the Netherlands and | 197 |
Switzerlands Drug Policy as an Alternative | 241 |
Contributors | 261 |
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