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NEW RELEASE INFORMATION FROM ZED BOOKS Caribbean Drugs - From Criminalization to Harm Reduction EDITORS: Axel Klein, Marcus Day and Anthony Harriott ISBN/PRICE: 1 84277 498 0 hbk GBP55.00/US$75.00 1 84277 499 9 pbk GBP19.95/US$25.00 FEATURES: Tables Figures Notes References Index 272pp Metric Demy LIBRARY CATEGORIES: Caribbean Studies Health Sociology PUBLICATION DATE IN THE UK: August 2004 (Note: release dates in other regions may be up to 3 months later) TERRITORIAL RESTRICTIONS: Please note that the Zed edition of this title is not for sale in the Caribbean. Customers in this region can obtain the book from Ian Randle Publishers. KEY POINTS + The first study of the Caribbean's co-ordinated regional response to drugs, and the lessons to be learned + Direct relevance for anti-drugs policy and practice in other parts of the world. + Brings new and up-to-date research together with policy insights and practical experience MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOK In the Caribbean islands, ganja, crack cocaine and the policy responses to them have triggered a social disaster. The islands, under US pressure, have adopted a region-wide policy of criminalization. Specialized drug courts have been created and traditional cultural practices around ganja consumption have been criminalized with serious human and social consequences. This is the first book to examine the experiences of Caribbean countries since they adopted this coordinated approach to the drugs problem. It throws fascinating light on the difficulties facing drug abuse and rehabilitation centres, and explores 'Harm Reduction', a fundamentally alternative approach to the drugs problem. There are valuable practical and policy lessons to be learned for other countries, including those with large Caribbean populations such as the US and UK. ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS Dr Axel Klein is head of research at DrugScope, an information and advice-giving charity with which the book is associated. He is a fellow at St. Anthony's College, Oxford, and the coeditor of Fragile Peace: State Failure, Violence and Development (Zed Books, 2002). Marcus Day is coordinator of the Caribbean Harm Reduction Coalition, Saint Lucia. Dr Anthony Harriott is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Government, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. Most of the contributors are from the Caribbean. CONTENTS Acknowledgements Foreword PART 1: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT Introduction - Axel Klein, Marcus Day, Anthony Harriott 1: The Search for a New Drug Policy Framework: From the Barbados Plan of action to the Ganja Commission: - Axel Klein PART 2: POLICY RESPONSES: ADAPTING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE REGION 2: Criminalizing Cultural Practice: The Case of Ganja in Jamaica - Barry Chevannes 3: Drugs Court in Jamaica: Means to an End or End in Itself? - Anthony Harriott and Marlyn Jones 4: Drugs and the Prison System: Impact of Legislative Changes on the Prison Crises in the Commonwealth Caribbean Region - Wendy Singh 5: Rethinking Privatisation: The State and Illegal Drugs in the Commonwealth Caribbean - Philip Nanton PART 3: INTERVENTIONS ON THE GROUND: PUTTING DEMAND REDUCTION INTO PRACTICE 6: Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation in Jamaica and the Caribean - Howard Gough 7: What's the Hook? Diary of a Drop-in Centre or Rehabilitation Before Abstinence - Marcus Day 8: Cayman Drug Council: Practising Harm Reduction in a Zero Tolerance Society - Catherine Chestnut 9: Ethical Dilemmas Surrounding Drug Research: Pitfalls of Gathering Sensitive Information in the Caribbean Context - Jennifer Hillebrand PART 4: RESPONSES TO OPPORTUNITY: ECONOMICS OF DRUGS 10: Illicit Drug Markets in the Caribbean: Analysis of Information on Drug Flows Through the Region - Michael Platzer 11: The Ganja Industry and Alternative Development in St Vincent and the Grenadines - Axel Klein Index ==================================== Copies of new Zed titles announced through this list may be ordered by mail order by academic customers in the UK, Europe and elsewhere, postage and packing free. (Customers in the USA and Canada, please see below.) 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