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Contemporary Drug Problems, Then and Now: An Editor's Envoi

Contemporary Drug Problems, Then and Now: An Editor's Envoi Contemporary Drug Problems 37/Summer 2010 193 EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION Contemporary Drug Problems, then and now: An editor’s envoi BY ROBIN ROOM The first issue of Contemporary Drug Problems appeared in 1971. It was founded by Laurence London, its first editor, and Martin Greenberg, then and now its publisher, as a “law jour- nal” (as its front cover continued to state long after its con- tents had broadened out). London’s editorial on pages 1 and 2 of the first issue promised that while it would be “legally ori- ented, it will not be a traditional law journal, either in style or in content.” It was to be “a scholarly, thoughtful and authori- tative journal whose principal goal will be to provide practice guidance and information particularly to attorneys,” but also to various other professions and agency staff. Already the first issue included not only practical legal articles with titles such as “New frontiers in the defense of drug cases,” but also arti- cles with a farther reach, such as “Regulating and controlling marijuana: A first attempt.” The early issues of the journal were a product of their time— on the one hand, about seven years after the advent of the first http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Contemporary Drug Problems SAGE

Contemporary Drug Problems, Then and Now: An Editor's Envoi

Contemporary Drug Problems , Volume 37 (2): 4 – Jun 1, 2010

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© 2010 SAGE Publications
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0091-4509
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2163-1808
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10.1177/009145091003700202
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Contemporary Drug Problems 37/Summer 2010 193 EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION Contemporary Drug Problems, then and now: An editor’s envoi BY ROBIN ROOM The first issue of Contemporary Drug Problems appeared in 1971. It was founded by Laurence London, its first editor, and Martin Greenberg, then and now its publisher, as a “law jour- nal” (as its front cover continued to state long after its con- tents had broadened out). London’s editorial on pages 1 and 2 of the first issue promised that while it would be “legally ori- ented, it will not be a traditional law journal, either in style or in content.” It was to be “a scholarly, thoughtful and authori- tative journal whose principal goal will be to provide practice guidance and information particularly to attorneys,” but also to various other professions and agency staff. Already the first issue included not only practical legal articles with titles such as “New frontiers in the defense of drug cases,” but also arti- cles with a farther reach, such as “Regulating and controlling marijuana: A first attempt.” The early issues of the journal were a product of their time— on the one hand, about seven years after the advent of the first

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