Caribbean drugs : from criminalization to harm reduction /: from criminalization to harm reduction. ([2008?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Axel Klein, Marcus Day and Anthony Harriot.
• Editors: Klein, Axel, 1961-; (Coordinator of the Caribbean Harm Reduction Coalition), Day, Marcus; Harriot, Anthony
• Contents: The search for a new drug policy framework : from the Barbados plan of action to the Ganja Commission / Axel Klein -- Criminalizing cultural practice : the case of ganja in Jamaica / Barry Chevannes -- Drug courts in Jamaica : means to an end or end in itself? / Anthony Harriott and Marlyn Jones -- Drugs and the prison system : impact of legislative changes on the prison crises in the commonwealth Caribbean region / Wendy Singh -- Rethinking privatisation, the state and illegal drugs in the commonwealth Caribbean / Philip Nanton -- Drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation in Jamaica and the Caribbean / Howard Gough -- What's the hook? Diary of a drop-in centre or rehabilitation before abstinence / Marcus Day -- Cayman drug council : practising harm reduction in a zero-tolerance society / Catherine Chestnut -- Ethical dilemmas in drug research : pitfalls of gathering sensitive information in the Caribbean context / Jennifer Hillebrand -- Illicit drug markets in the Caribbean : analysis of information on drug flows through the region / Michael Platzer with Flavio Mirella and Carlos Resa Nestares -- The Ganja industry and alternative development in St Vincent and the Grenadines / Axel Klein.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 255 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 362.2909729; Drug abuse -- Caribbean Area; Drug abuse -- Caribbean Area -- Prevention; Drug control -- Caribbean Area; Toxicomanie -- Caraïbes (Région); Toxicomanie -- Caraïbes (Région) -- Prévention; Drogue, Lutte contre la -- Caraïbes (Région); SELF-HELP -- Substance Abuse & Addictions -- General; PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Addiction; Drug abuse; Drug abuse -- Prevention; Drug control; Caribbean Area; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781848130579; 1848130570
• Related ISBNs: 9781842774984; 1842774980; 9781842774991; 1842774999; 9789766371944; 9766371946
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.