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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results21 Connexions Library1 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 3 Sources Library 1 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryAddiction and Control Skorodin, Morton Article 2009 Prisons are very profitable. There are private prisons nowadays. The people that own them have, as their mission, first and foremost, the making of money. They need as many people as possible in priso... Connexions Digest: Issue 52 - August 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Digest: Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1992 Drug use, the labour market and class conflict Helmer, John; Vietorisz, Thomas Article A social history and analysis of drug use and its relationship with class struggle. Drug War-Related Homicides In The US Average At Least 1,100 a Year: Full Extent of Carnage Unknowable Because US Government Doesn't Track Violent Crime Linked To The War On Drugs Conroy, Bill Article 2012 The stubborn resistance against entertaining any other options beyond a fundamentalist adherence to prohibition for dealing with drug use in the United States is cloaked in an arrogant denial of the h... Drug War Winners and Losers Young, Kevin Article 2015 A review of Dawn Paley's book "Drug War Capitalism." Drugs, Race & the Gulag Industry: Against The Current vol. 153 Kilgore, James Article 2011 Across the country corrections department officials and captains of the incarceration industry are in crisis. Though the nation’s over bloated prison system is far from breaking, the halcyon days of p... Google Is So Big, It Is Now Shaping Policy to Combat the Opioid Epidemic. And It's Screwing It Up. Dayen, David Article 2017 A snap decision by Google has begun to reshape the drug treatment industry, tilting the playing field toward large conglomerates-- the precise opposite outcome Google had hoped to achieve. HealthSources.ca Website 2017 A web portal featuring information and resources about health, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and important arti... Mexico at War: Against The Current vol. 137 La Botz, Dan Article 2008 Mexico is at war. The drug war has become all the news this fall: Real war. Bloody war. With bombings, massacres and body counts. The Movement for Peace Marches On Against the Drug War: The Goal Is Clear: Peace With Justice and Dignity Conroy, Bill Article 2012 The one-year anniversary of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity, a grassroots groundswell against the drug war, played out March 28 in a small plaza in the Mexican city of Cuernavaca, just... The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness  Alexander, Michelle Book 2010 Argues that Jim Crow and legal racial segregation have been replaced by mass race-based incarceration as a system of social control. Perspectives on Canadian Drug Policy Volume 1 John Howard Society Article 2003 A symposium of articles on issues of drug addiction and treatment in Canada. Articles include "Substance Abuse and Crime," "Canada's Drug Laws: Prohibition Is Not the Answer," and "Drug Policy in Can... Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor Herivel, Tara; Wright, Paul Book 2002 Essays on the cruelty and inhumanity of the American prison system. Rejected for jury duty Conarroe, Richard Riley Article Discussing the effectiveness of the policies of the "war on drugs" -- in the courtroom. Shadow boxing in the drug ring de Brie, Christian Article The "war on drugs" and its simplistic nature. '68: The Year of the Barricades Caute, David Book 1988 Caute's book looks at the explosive year 1968 (while situating it in the context of what had led up to it). One of the great strengths of this excellent book is that it looks at what was happening aro... Smoke and Mirrors: The Canadian Tobacco War Cunningham, Rob Book 1996 Describes Canada's stance and battle against tobacco. Cunningham explains the health movement and tactics to regulate the tobacco industry. TSA Drug-Running Scandal Betrays Drug War’s Pretense Conroy, Bill Article 2012 The cost of bribing US border and airport security personnel is chump change in the narco-trafficking business. What Uncle Sam Really Wants Chomsky, Noam Book 1993 Chomsky discusses examples of U.S. intervention and links together events stretching over four decades in regions throughout the world. He provides a quick synopsis of American foreign policy and pain... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryPharmaceutical policy Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Pharmaceutical policy is a branch of health policy that deals with the development, provision and use of medications within a health care system. Pharmageddon: how the US got hooked on prescription drugs White House declares prescription drug abuse in US 'alarming' as thousands flock to Florida – the home of oxycodone pill mills Pilkington, Ed 2011 An investigation into the underground trade of oxycodone, a widely abused prescription drug. Ninety-eight percent of prescriptions in the United States come from southern Florida, where doctors at "pi... Self-medication Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Self-medication is use of a drug with therapeutic intent but without professional advice or prescription. From the Connexions ArchivesThe Narco News Bulletin Website Reporting on the drug war and democracy. Fostering authentic journalism. |
