Lies, damned lies, and drug war statistics : a critical analysis of claims made by the Office of National Drug Control Policy / Matthew B. Robinson and Renee G. Scherlen.

  • Robinson, Matthew, 1970-
Date:
[2014]
  • Books

About this work

Description

"Revised and updated edition that analyses how the Office of National Drug Control Policy employs statistics to misleadingly claim the War on Drugs is a success"--Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]

Physical description

xvii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition

Second edition.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- About America's drug war -- Methodology -- Claims about reducing drug use -- Claims about disrupting drug markets and claims about costs of drug abuse -- A fair assessment of America's drug war -- Conclusions and policy recommendations.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    FCF.T.6
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781438448374
  • 1438448376
  • 9781438448381
  • 1438448384