Title: How the drug war ruins American lives /
Authors: Benavie, Arthur,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Drug control United States; Drug legalization United States; Drug testing United States; Social problems United States; Drug control; Drug legalization; Drug testing; Social problems; United States
Abstract: This book reveals the disturbing truth about how the escalation of the War on Drugs over the past 30 years has eroded the human and property rights of Americans―while doing little to stop drug trafficking or use.
Contents: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Policing for profit -- The license to steal -- Traffic stops -- Houses arrested -- Swat raids -- Random drug sweeps -- Racial injustice -- Shutting the courthouse door -- Racial disparities -- Police bias in seattle -- Police bias in New York -- Covert operators -- Criminal informants -- Undercover police -- Citizenship barriers -- The criminal population -- Invisible punishments -- Drug testing -- Drug testing students -- Employee drug testing -- Is the war ending? -- Good news! -- The war's beneficiaries -- Summary and conclusions -- Inevitable damages -- Drug war benefits? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.