The U.S. Drug Policy Landscape Insights and Opportunities for Improving the View

• Main Author: Kilmer, Beau (auth)
• Other Authors: Caulkins, Jonathan P. (auth), Pacula, Rosalie Liccardo (auth), Reuter, Peter H. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2012
• Subjects: Government powers; Central government policies; Coping with drug & alcohol abuse; Political Science; Law
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Discussions about reducing the harms associated with drug use and antidrug policies are often politicized, infused with questionable data, and unproductive. This paper provides a nonpartisan primer on drug use and drug policy in the United States. It aims to bring those new to drug policy up to spee...