Global habit : the drug problem in a borderless world /

Stares, Paul B.

Global habit : the drug problem in a borderless world / Paul B. Stares. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution, c1996. - xii, 171 p. ; 24 cm.

The global drug challenge : emerging trends : globalization and the drug trade : meeting the challenge -- The rise of the global drug market : origins of prohibition, 1900-1945 : regeneration and consolidation, 1946-1961 : from the margins to the mainstream : global expansion, 1974-1988 : emerging markets, 1989-1995 : conclusions -- Market dynamics and the challenge of control : incentives, opportunities, and resources : negative and positive controls -- The future of the global drug market : the short term : the longer term : implications : conclusions -- Responding to the challenge : the uncertain promise of legalization : a global prescription, priorities, principles, and programs.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-163) and index.

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Drug abuse.
Drug abuse--Prevention.
Substance abuse.
Drug control.
Drogadictos.
Narcotráfico.
Abuso de drogas.

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