Contents

• Drug addiction is a disease /Alan I. Leshner
• Drug addiction is not a disease /Sally L. Satel
• Marijuana is a gateway drug /Joseph A. Califano Jr.
• Marijuana use does not lead to harder drugs /Institute of Medicine
• The media may encourage drug abuse /Barry R. McCaffrey
• The media’s role in encouraging drug abuse is exaggerated /Jacob Sullum
• Adolescents and illicit drug use /Ann B. Bruner, Marc Fishman
• Club drugs are harming more youths /Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
• Heroin use has increased /Evelyn Nieves - -Hallucinogens are harmful /Kathiann M. Kowalski
• Playing with painkillers /Claudia Kalb … [et al.]
• Drug abuse among youths has not increased /Civic Research Institute
• There is no adolescent heroin crisis /Mike Males
• There is no prescription drug abuse crisis /Tom Shales
• Drug addiction treatment is effective /Alan I. Leshner
• Methadone treatment is an effective treatment for heroin addiction /James Cooper - -Antidrug media campaigns reduce drug abuse /Lloyd D. Johnston
• Needle-exchange programs reduce the harms of intravenous drug use /Jon Fuller
• The effectiveness of drug treatment has not been proven /Fred Reed
• The DARE program has not been effective /Ryan H. Sager
• Antidrug media campaigns should be reevaluated /S. Shyam Sundar
• Needle-exchange programs do not reduce the harms of intravenous drug use /James L. Curtis
• Drug use should be legalized /Gary E. Johnson
• Marijuana should be legalized /R. Keith Stroup
• Drug use should be an individual choice /Thomas Szasz
• Legalizing drugs would not cause an increase in drug use /Dan Gardner
• Harm reduction reduces the risks of drug use /Herbert P. Barnard
• Drug use should not be legalized /Donnie Marshall
• Marijuana should not be legalized /Bob Barr
• Harm reduction does not reduce the risks of drug use /Barry R. McCaffrey
• The War on Drugs must be continued /Gustavo Gonzales-Baez