Drug Addiction and Drug Policy

The Struggle to Control Dependence

Edited by Philip B. Heymann

Edited by William N. Brownsberger

    Introduction: Drug Policy with a New Focus
    Philip B. Heymann

    1 Toward a Balanced Drug-Prevention Strategy: A Conceptual Map
    Mark H. Moore

    2 Drug Users and Drug Dealers
    William N. Brownsberger

    3 Is Addiction a Chronic, Relapsing Disease?
    Gene M. Heyman

    4 Is Drug Addiction a Brain Disease?
    Sally L. Satel

    5 If Addiction Is Involuntary, How Can Punishment Help?
    George E. Vaillant

    6 Controlling Drug Use and Crime with Testing, Sanctions, and Treatment
    Mark A. R. Kleiman

    7 Limits on the Role of Testing and Sanctions
    William N. Brownsberger

    8 How Should Low-Level Drug Dealers Be Punished?
    Jonathan P. Caulkins and Philip B. Heymann

    9 Reflections on Drug Policy and Social Policy
    David Boyum and Peter Reuter

    Postscript
    Philip B. Heymann

    Contributors

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Philip Heymann is James Barr Ames Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.

William N. Brownsberger is Associate Director for Public Policy at the Division on Addictions at Harvard Medical School.