Drug law reform in East and Southeast Asia / edited by Fifa Rahman and Nick Crofts.

Other author Rahman, Fifa, 1986-
Other author Crofts, Nick.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham : Lexington Books, [2013]
Descriptionxii, 314 p. : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
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Contents Historical perspectives of drug use in Asia / Gary Reid, Nick Crofts -- Harm reduction is good public health / David Jacka, S.S. Lee, Nick Crofts -- Human rights and drug policy / Joanne Csete, Fifa Rahman -- Drug users and imprisonment / Kate Dolan, Ana Rodas -- Law enforcement and drug policy in Southeast Asia / Nick Crofts, Geoff Monaghan, Steve James, Nicole Turner, Mohd Zaman Khan -- Effective development and effective drug control are interdependent : the example of Southeast Asia / Priya Mannava, Sasha Zegenhagen, Nick Crofts, Nicholas Thomson -- Illicit drug policy in SE Asia - the users' perspective / Jimmy Dorabjee, Mohamad Firdaus Zakaria, Dean Lewis -- Harm reduction : the Islamic perspective / Faisal Ibrahim -- HIV and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among people who inject drugs in East and Southeast Asia / Don des Jarlais, Holly Hagan, Jonathan Feelemyer, Heidi Bramson -- Unpacking compulsory 'rehabilitation' in Asia : problems and possible solutions / Simon Baldwin, Thu Vuong -- Responding to ATS use in East and Southeast Asia / Rebecca McKetin, Jih-Heng Li -- Case study no. 1. Harm reduction and drug policy in Thailand - one step forward, two steps back / Karyn Kaplan, Pascal Tanguay -- Case study no. 2. Drug policy in Taiwan / Jih-Heng Li -- Case study no. 3. Emerging from a black box : drug policymaking in Vietnam / Simon Baldwin -- Case study no. 4. Drug policy in China / Susan Trevaskes -- Case study no. 5. Compulsory drug rehabilitation in China / Sarah Biddulph -- Alternatives to criminal justice : drug courts, drug diversion, and decriminalisation / Fifa Rahman -- Capital punishment for drug offences / Fifa Rahman -- Drug treatment across Asia / B. Vicknasingam, Marek Chawarski, Richard Schottenfeld -- The way forward - rethinking the war on drugs / Alex Wodak.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013020987
ISBN9780739180372 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780739184929 (paper. : alk. paper)

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