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Author Robinson, Matthew, 1970- new subfield

Title Lies, damned lies, and drug war statistics : a critical analysis of claims made by the Office of National Drug Control Policy / Matthew B. Robinson and Renee G. Scherlen
Edition Second edition
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 310 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- About America's drug war -- Methodology -- Claims about reducing drug use -- Claims about disrupting drug markets and claims about costs of drug abuse -- A fair assessment of America's drug war -- Conclusions and policy recommendations
Summary "Revised and updated edition that analyses how the Office of National Drug Control Policy employs statistics to misleadingly claim the War on Drugs is a success"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject United States. Office of National Drug Control Policy.
SUBJECT United States. Office of National Drug Control Policy fast
Subject Drug control -- United States
Drug control -- United States -- Statistics
Drug abuse -- Government policy -- United States
Drug abuse -- United States -- Statistics
Drug and Narcotic Control -- statistics & numerical data
Drug and Narcotic Control
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Drug abuse
Drug abuse -- Government policy
Drug control
SUBJECT United States
Subject United States
Genre/Form Statistics
Form Electronic book
Author Scherlen, Renee G., 1962-
ISBN 9781461954613
1461954614
9781438448398
1438448392