DRUG ADDICTION - CRIME OR DISEASE - INTERIM AND FINAL REPORTS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION AND THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS

• NCJ Number: 11138
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1961
• Length: 187 pages
• Corporate Author: Indiana University
• Sale Source: Indiana University Press
• Publication Type: Survey (Cross-Cultural)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SURVEY OF VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE DRUG ADDICTION PROBLEM AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH.

Abstract

IN 1955-56 THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION AND THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION APPOINTED A JOINT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTIC DRUGS TO EXPLORE THE PROBLEM OF NARCOTICS ADDICTION. THIS VOLUME CONTAINS THE COMMITTEE'S INTERIM REPORT, WITH ITS TWO LENGTHY APPENDIXES, AND A FINAL REPORT. APPENDIX A OF THE INTERIM REPORT DEALS WITH SOME OF THE BASIC PROBLEMS IN DRUG ADDICTION AND MAKES SUGGESTIONS FOR APPROPRIATE RESEARCH. APPENDIX B CONSISTS OF AN APPRAISAL OF INTERNATIONAL, BRITISH, AND SELECTED EUROPEAN NARCOTIC DRUG LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND POLICIES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)