Critical Analysis of Drug War Alternatives: Need for a Shift in Personal and Social Values

• NCJ Number: 127366
• Journal: Journal of Drug Issues Volume: 20 Issue: 4 Dated: (Fall 1990) Pages: 679-688
• Author(s): L S Wong
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 10 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Alternatives to the War on Drugs which perpetuate current social values are insufficient because current social values frustrate human needs in a way that makes wars of persecution inevitable.

Abstract

To end the War on Drugs, people must change personal and eventually social values in order to satisfy those needs. 6 notes and 20 references (Author abstract)