Between Entitlement and Control: Dimensions of U.S. Drug Policy

Burke, Anna Celeste

doi:10.1086/603948

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“…U.S. policy tends to view substance abuse as a moral weakness and to stress punishment. This view of substance abuse is reflected in the current 2:1 ratio of spending on interdiction and criminal sanctions as compared to treatment, prevention, and research [ 2 ]; the widespread use of mandatory sentencing for drug offenses; and the abundance of public policies that punish individuals with histories of substance abuse [ 3 - 8 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although the concept of a "War on Drugs" first emerged during the Nixon administrations (1969–1974), the 1980s and 1990s were characterized by dramatic policy change and spending increases related to drug use reduction. These policies included mandatory sentencing for drug offenders; "one strike, you're out" or "zero tolerance" policies in public housing; restrictions on education loans, cash assistance, and food stamps for drug offenders; and elimination of Social Security benefits for individuals with drug-related disabilities [ 3 , 4 , 7 , 8 ].…”

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Policy on reintegration of women with histories of substance abuse: A mixed methods study of predictors of relapse and facilitators of recovery

VanDeMark

2007

Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy

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Background: The predominant U.S. policy approach toward individuals with substance abuse problems has relied on stigma and punishment by withholding access to education, cash assistance, housing, social support, and normal social roles. In contrast to this approach, the theory of reintegrative shaming asserts that providing individuals with the opportunity to reconnect with society is more effective in reducing potential to relapse to crime and drug abuse. Strategies that promote such reconnection include expanding access to basic needs and supportive relationships along with increasing opportunities to fully participate in mainstream social roles.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Policy on reintegration of women with histories of substance abuse: A mixed methods study of predictors of relapse and facilitators of recovery

VanDeMark

2007

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“…On the narcotics policy instruments, Coulkins et al (2005:15) The broad literature has further grouped the three areas into two broader policy instruments known as the supply-side (law enforcement option) and demand-side (treatment option) to narcotics control (Boyum and Reuter, 2005;Burke 1992;Falco, 1989). For Boyum and Reuter (2005), and Musto (1999), the division of the US narcotics policy instruments into supply-reduction and demand-reduction has historically been rooted in the longstanding debate over whether drug abuse should be handled as criminal or medical policy issues.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…On the contrary, demand-reduction option involves prevention, education, and treatment programs. Of the two policy instruments, the supply-reduction option of prohibition and criminalization have largely dominated the entire narcotics control system for more than a century (Boyum and Reuter, 2005;Burke, 1992;Fisher, 2006, Nadelmann, 1990. Clearly, the broad pattern of the US narcotics policy instruments (supply-reduction and demand-reduction)…”

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Examining the Dynamics of Policy Change and U.S. Narcotics Policy: Implications for the Global Narcotics Regime

Kumah-Abiwu¹

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The prohibition approach to narcotics control has been the dominant policy paradigm of the United States (US) and the global narcotics regime under the United Nations (UN) for more than a century. In recent years, however, key questions have been raised on the existing prohibition policy approach, which many consider as ineffective and unchanging from a broader perspective. It is based on this appearance of unchanging policy that this study seeks to investigate whether the US narcotics policy is undergoing any type of change or not. The study also seeks to explore the implications of US narcotics policy change on the global narcotics regime. It draws on three domestic policy theories: agenda-setting, partisan ideology, and policy paradigm theory (orders of change) to examine the dynamics of US narcotics policy change since 1993. The research study employs these theories as competing explanations and concludes that the narcotics policy process has largely undergone Hall's (1993) conceptual second order change in policy. In essence, Hall's (1993) theoretical concept of policy paradigm theory (orders of change) offers a persuasive explanation for the changing nature of the US narcotics policy. For the global implications of US policy change, the study finds that the US is more likely to influence and shape similar policy changes on the global narcotics regime because of its dominant influence on the regime.

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The Organization of Substance Abuse Managed Care

Sosin

D’Aunno

2002

Alcoholism

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Between Entitlement and Control: Dimensions of U.S. Drug Policy

Cited by 5 publications

References 11 publications

Policy on reintegration of women with histories of substance abuse: A mixed methods study of predictors of relapse and facilitators of recovery

Policy on reintegration of women with histories of substance abuse: A mixed methods study of predictors of relapse and facilitators of recovery

Examining the Dynamics of Policy Change and U.S. Narcotics Policy: Implications for the Global Narcotics Regime

The Organization of Substance Abuse Managed Care

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