STEVEN R. BELENKO is Senior Research Associate at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Columbia University. He is the author of Crack and the Evolution of Drug Policy (Greenwood, 1993).

• IntroductionTimeline of Key Events in American Drug PolicyAmerican Drug Policy in the 19th CenturyThe Early Expansion of Federal Drug ControlThe Harrison ActSupreme Court Decisions on the Harrison ActOverview of State Anti-Drug LawsMarijuana Policy: The Early YearsAmerican Drug Policy to World War IIDrug Policy from World War II through the 1950s: The Escalation of PunishmentThe Medicalization of Addiction: Drug Treatment and Anti-Drug PolicyDrug Policy in the 1960s and 1970s: A Changing ViewMarijuana Policy after the 1960sCrack Cocaine and Drug Policy from the 1980sThe Debate over Drug LegalizationSuggested ReadingsIndex

STEVEN R. BELENKO is Senior Research Associate at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Columbia University. He is the author of Crack and the Evolution of Drug Policy (Greenwood, 1993).

• IntroductionTimeline of Key Events in American Drug PolicyAmerican Drug Policy in the 19th CenturyThe Early Expansion of Federal Drug ControlThe Harrison ActSupreme Court Decisions on the Harrison ActOverview of State Anti-Drug LawsMarijuana Policy: The Early YearsAmerican Drug Policy to World War IIDrug Policy from World War II through the 1950s: The Escalation of PunishmentThe Medicalization of Addiction: Drug Treatment and Anti-Drug PolicyDrug Policy in the 1960s and 1970s: A Changing ViewMarijuana Policy after the 1960sCrack Cocaine and Drug Policy from the 1980sThe Debate over Drug LegalizationSuggested ReadingsIndex

STEVEN R. BELENKO is Senior Research Associate at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Columbia University. He is the author of Crack and the Evolution of Drug Policy (Greenwood, 1993).

• IntroductionTimeline of Key Events in American Drug PolicyAmerican Drug Policy in the 19th CenturyThe Early Expansion of Federal Drug ControlThe Harrison ActSupreme Court Decisions on the Harrison ActOverview of State Anti-Drug LawsMarijuana Policy: The Early YearsAmerican Drug Policy to World War IIDrug Policy from World War II through the 1950s: The Escalation of PunishmentThe Medicalization of Addiction: Drug Treatment and Anti-Drug PolicyDrug Policy in the 1960s and 1970s: A Changing ViewMarijuana Policy after the 1960sCrack Cocaine and Drug Policy from the 1980sThe Debate over Drug LegalizationSuggested ReadingsIndex