Drug Science and British Drug Policy: Critical Analysis of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

by David Nutt

For half a century the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 has dominated ill-conceived approaches to the prohibition of drugs and the criminalisation of many offenders. Wilful blindness to scientific facts has distorted the dispensation of justice, prevented lifesaving investigation, sidelined critics and thwarted advocates of politically inconvenient drugs law reform.

This once in an epoch review by experts from a range of disciplines shows how lawmakers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1914603265
• ISBN13: 9781914603266
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Waterside Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"