title: Drug abuse in America: medical and socio-legal dilemmas.
abstract: This article's first section describes some medico-legal issues that have been most influential in shaping responses to drug abuse in America. The next section presents a number of approaches to combating substance abuse within the criminal justice and civil systems, and discusses their rationale, effectiveness and problems. The article concludes by raising socio-political dilemmas that face America regarding the control of drug use, and asks to what extent these dilemmas are the product of ill-conceived theory and practice.
authors: Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa.
authors: S A
authors: SA
authors: Garcia
mesh_terms: D003416:Criminal Law; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs