Caribbean drugs from criminalization to harm reduction (Zed Books in association with Drugscope, 2004)
Includes bibliographical references and index
The search for a new drug policy framework : from the Barbados plan of action to the Ganja Commission / Axel Klein -- Criminalizing cultural practice : the case of ganja in Jamaica / Barry Chevannes -- Drug courts in Jamaica : means to an end or end in itself? / Anthony Harriott and Marlyn Jones -- Drugs and the prison system : impact of legislative changes on the prison crises in the commonwealth Caribbean region / Wendy Singh -- Rethinking privatisation, the state and illegal drugs in the commonwealth Caribbean / Philip Nanton -- Drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation in Jamaica and the Caribbean / Howard Gough -- What's the hook? Diary of a drop-in centre or rehabilitation before abstinence / Marcus Day -- Cayman drug council : practising harm reduction in a zero-tolerance society / Catherine Chestnut -- Ethical dilemmas in drug research : pitfalls of gathering sensitive information in the Caribbean context / Jennifer Hillebrand -- Illicit drug markets in the Caribbean : analysis of information on drug flows through the region / Michael Platzer with Flavio Mirella and Carlos Resa Nestares -- The Ganja industry and alternative development in St Vincent and the Grenadines / Axel Klein
In recent years Caribbean countries have responded to US pressure by adopting a coordinated policy of criminalizing ganja & crack cocaine usage. This volume assesses the impact of the policy on a population for whom drug usage has been socially acceptable & provides a warning for policy makers elsewhere