title: Has United States drug policy failed? And how could we know?
abstract: Discussions of drug policy tend not to consider whether the stated goals of policies are an accurate statement of what they are meant to do and also may not consider the fact that what benefits some people may harm others. We explore these issues and present an agenda for research in this area that, while not eliminating these difficulties, both illuminates them and can help guide actors toward more effective action.
authors.affiliation: National Development and Research Institutes, Inc, New York, NY 10010, USA. Friedman@ndri.org
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: R Friedman
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mateu-Gelabert
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rossi
mesh_terms: D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012106:Research; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs