Publisher's Synopsis
Half-Truth in Sentencing presents a comprehensive summary of the United State's current drug policy. Sections highlight American drug policy history, heroin and the current opiate crisis, and the variety of collateral consequences of drug offense. Additionally, this book examines several innovative solutions adopted around the U.S. that address a common crisis facing many American communities - Are there realistic policies that treat drug addiction and combat crime associated with an illegal drug market? Using in-depth legal research, Half-Truth in Sentencing provides a large amount of legal and sociological information in a digestible format that can be used as a powerful resource for reform, legislation, or just understanding how the United States arrived at the current drug policies responsible for so much financial cost, incarceration, and controversy.
