Off the Street
Legalizing Drugs
by W.A. Bogart
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Pub Date 6 Dec 2016 | Archive Date 30 Nov 2016
Dundurn | A J. Patrick Boyer Book
Description
An unflinching analysis of one of the major issues of our time — the shift from criminalization to regulation of recreational drugs.
The “war on drugs” has failed. The cost of trying to control the production, sale, and use of recreational drugs through the criminal law is too high: unjust incarceration, illicit markets, tainted substances, exploited children, and an untaxed industry.
But there is an alternative.
The watchwords for governments controlling the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, junk food, and gambling are “permit but discourage.” All are legal, but harmful consumption is decreased by targeted regulatory strategies.
That same approach should be adopted for drugs. Legalization and regulation can attack the underground economy, drive down excessive use, provide revenue for prevention, treatment, and counselling, and better protect children.
Off the Street: Legalizing Drugs calls for a thoughtful, national discussion of the legalization and regulation of recreational drugs — the “least bad” way forward.
The “war on drugs” has failed. The cost of trying to control the production, sale, and use of recreational drugs through the criminal law is too high: unjust incarceration, illicit markets, tainted substances, exploited children, and an untaxed industry.
But there is an alternative.
The watchwords for governments controlling the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, junk food, and gambling are “permit but discourage.” All are legal, but harmful consumption is decreased by targeted regulatory strategies.
That same approach should be adopted for drugs. Legalization and regulation can attack the underground economy, drive down excessive use, provide revenue for prevention, treatment, and counselling, and better protect children.
Off the Street: Legalizing Drugs calls for a thoughtful, national discussion of the legalization and regulation of recreational drugs — the “least bad” way forward.
A Note From the Publisher
W.A. Bogart is Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law at the University of Windsor. He is the author/editor of seven books, including Regulating Obesity?: Government, Society, and Questions of Health. He blogs for the Huffington Post and is a frequent media commentator on the regulation of consumption. He lives in Toronto.
Advance Praise
Bogart‘s book is a comprehensive road map to ending the war on drugs, presented with a welcome degree of intelligence and eloquence in a public debate more commonly dominated by emotion and polarized viewpoints. Steve Rolles, Senior Policy Analyst, Transform
Pulling no punches, this is an unvarnished look at illegal drug use and what we should be doing about it. Its recommendations are hard-hitting and thought-provoking. They deserve a close look. Governments, take note. Paula Mallea, author of The War on Drugs: A Failed Experiment
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Library wholesaler ads: Library Services Centre, United Library Service, Baker & Taylor, Ingram Advance
Online ads: Canada's History Reading Den, Facebook, twitter
Print consumer: Maclean’s excerpt and ad
EVENTS
Event promotion: posters, e-cards
Trade shows, library conferences
Launch event, Toronto
DIGITAL MARKETING
Twitter, Facebook, Dundurn.com campaigns
Cover and sample chapter reveal
Q&A with Editor
Digital Reader Copies available: NetGalley, Edelweiss
Consumer, library, bookseller, and author newsletters
PUBLICITY
Enhanced press release
Targeted media and blogger review mailings
Toronto media tour, including print, digital, radio, TV
Key Influencer mailing
Niche marketing to associations and interest groups
MERCHANDISING
Shelf talkers available for independent retailers
EPUB Point of View series merchandising
Book hashtag: #OffTheStreet
Author Website: wabogart.com
Author Twitter: @wbogart2
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781459734975 |
| PRICE | US$19.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 280 |
