Informing America's Policy on Illegal Drugs: What We Don't Know Keeps Hurting Us

by Committee on Law and Justice and Committee on National Statistics, Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs, National Research Council, et al.

How should the war on drugs be fought? Everyone seems to agree that the United States ought to use a combination of several different approaches to combat the destructive effects of illegal drug use. Yet there is a remarkable paucity of data and research information that policy makers require if they are to create a useful, realistic policy package-details about drug use, drug market economics, and perhaps most importantly the impact of drug enforcement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309072735
• ISBN13: 9780309072731
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 423 Pages
• Weight: 1.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"