Drugs and Democracy In Search of New Directions

by A, Geoffrey Stokes Peter Chalk

• ISBN13: 9780522848915
• ISBN10: 0522848915
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-02-29
• Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Summary

Examines Australia's attempts to control illegal drugs and discusses how strategies could be improved. Gives an overview of illicit drugs in Australia and the history and politics of prohibition. Discusses topics such as the global heroin and cocaine trade, drug trafficking in SE Asia, impacts of drugs on social and political life, law enforcement and accountability and harm reduction. Includes statistics, references, a bibliography and an index. Contributors are academics and professional in fields such as criminology, medicine and social and political theory.

Author Biography

Professor Geoffrey Stokes heads the Centre for Democracy at the University of Queensland.
Dr Peter Chalk works for the RAND Corporation, Washington, D.C.
Karen Gillen is a postgraduate student in anthropology at the University of Queensland.

Table of Contents

Preface	viii
Contributors	ix
Abbreviations	xiii
Introduction: Broadening the Political Agenda	1	(14)
Australia in the World and Region
The Global Heroin and Cocaine Trade	15	(21)
Peter Chalk
Drug Trafficking in South-East Asia: Security Issues	36	(21)
John McFarlane
Illicit Drugs in Australia: An Overview	57	(28)
Paddy Mahony
Illicit Drugs and Australian Democracy
The History and Politics of Prohibition	85	(15)
David Brereton
Balancing Individual Rights and Community Norms	100	(14)
Andrew Parkin
Impacts upon Social and Political Life	114	(13)
John Broome
Policy Responses
Evaluating the National Drug Strategy	127	(12)
Timothy Rohl
The National Drug Strategy: A Safe Set of Words?	139	(10)
David Crosbie
Harm Reduction	149	(14)
Ann Roche
Keith Evans
Law Enforcement and Accountability	163	(20)
Adam Sutton
Stephen James
Developing More Effective Responses	183	(51)
Alex Wodak
Conclusion	201	(10)
Appendices
I International and Regional Control Bodies	211	(5)
II Selected Australian Statistics	216	(18)
References	234	(13)
Index	247