Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do about It A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs

Name: Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do about It A Judicial Indictment of the War on Drugs
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ISBN: 9781439907993

ISBN-10: 1439907994

ISBN-13: 9781439907993

Edition: 2nd 2011 (Revised)

Authors: James Gray

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Judge Gray provides startling information about drug-related crimes - from escalating incarceration rates to drug-related kidnappings. Gray also examines the latest experiments in drug legalization.

Book details

List price: $30.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 12/16/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface to the Second Edition



Introduction



Our Drug Laws Have Failed



Past and Present


A Historical Perspective


Emergence of the Prison-Industrial Complex



Increased Harm to Communities


Communities Awash in Illicit Drugs


Violence and Corruption


Domestic


Foreign



Erosion of Protections of the Bill of Rights: Where's Paul Revere?



Increased Harm to Drug Users


Deterioration of Health



Increased Harm for the Future


Conspiracy Theories


Government Policy: Don't Discuss It!



Options



Increased Zero Tolerance



Education



Drug Treatment


Rehabilitation


Medicalization


Needle-Exchange Programs


Drug Substitution Programs


Drug Maintenance Programs



Deprofitization of Drugs


Legalization


Decriminalization


Regulated Distribution



Federalism, Not Federalization



What We Can Do About It



Resolution



Government Commission Reports and Other Public Inquiries


Index