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1 online resource (191 pages) |
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Drugs America's Holy War; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I: Background; Introduction; 1 Overview; 2 The Birth of the Drug War; PART II: Damage from the Drug War; Introduction; 3 Crime; 4 Public Health; 5 Civil Liberties; 6 Social Cohesion; 7 Your Tax Dollars at Work; PART III: The Federal Government's Case for the Drug War; 8 The Perception of the Drug Czars; 9 The Czars Defend the Drug War; 10 The White House Versus the Scientists on Marijuana Dangers; 11 The Czars Versus the Scientists on Cocaine and Heroin; PART IV: Beyond the Drug War; 12 Harm Reduction Instead of War |
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13 Legalizing Marijuana14 Reforming the Laws on Hard Drugs; 15 Questions and Answers; Notes; References; Index |
| Summary |
Using the best scientific evidence, Drugs: America's Holy War explores the impact and cost of America's ""War on Drugs""--Both in tax spending and in human terms. Is it possible that US drug policies are helping to proliferate, not prevent, a multitude of social ills including: homicide, property crime, the spread of AIDS, the contamination of drugs, the erosion of civil liberties, the punishment of thousands of non-violent people, the corruption of public officials, and the spending of billions of tax dollars in an attempt to prevent certain drugs from entering the countr |
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Print version record |
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Drug control -- United States
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Drug legalization -- United States
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Social problems -- United States
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Drug control
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Drug legalization
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Social problems
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United States
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203886595 |
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0203886593 |
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