TITLE

A Presidential commission on drug policy: Instrument of reform or defender of the status quo?

AUTHOR(S)
Bonnie, Richard J.
PUB. DATE
March 1998
SOURCE
Contemporary Drug Problems;Spring98, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p169
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Addresses whether the history of national advisory commissions and proponents supports the creation of a Presidential commission to conduct a comprehensive study of the drug policy in the United States. Role presidential commissions are often use to play; Information on the Marihuana Commission; Examples of successful commissions.
ACCESSION #
1191490

Tags: PHARMACEUTICAL policy;  EXECUTIVE advisory bodies

 

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